Category Archives: Faith

Grateful People Know These Two Things About God

Posted on November 30, 2024 by salooper57

You may think: “I already know that. God is strong. God is loving. Everybody knows that.” But our worry and our ingratitude testify that it has not gone from doctrine to practice, from head to heart. Continue reading →

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Created to Worship

Posted on November 28, 2024 by salooper57

The Fall of Adam shattered us. It broke our relationship with God and with each other. It damaged our ability to think. Our mind and will and emotions are all out of order. Humanity suffers a kind of spiritual PTSD to this day. If you think there might be something wrong with you, you are not mistaken. You are suffering from “The Fall.” Continue reading →

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A Poster Child for the Jesus-Way of Life

Posted on November 23, 2024 by salooper57

Everything Christians do and say reflects on Jesus and on his Father. We are all influencers. The Christian is a poster child for Jesus’s way of life. Continue reading →

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He Is Able (Ephesians 3:20-21)

Posted on November 22, 2024 by salooper57

You want God to get you out of a tough spot. He’s planning on getting you into heaven. You want to avoid embarrassment. God is planning on bringing glory down on your head. You want your kid to be okay. He wants your kid to be amazing. Continue reading →

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Sealed with a Quark: Creation and Its Mysteries

Posted on November 16, 2024 by salooper57

If the neutron mass were 0.998 of its actual value, there would be no atoms at all. That ratio is fine tuned to an unthinkably small fraction. It is the difference between the “weight” of one quark and another. Continue reading →

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The Christian’s Duty to Pray for the Next President

Posted on November 2, 2024 by salooper57

I see no contradiction in both praying for our rulers and yet also praying against them. – Christopher J. H. Wright Continue reading →

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The Halloween Post: What the Bible Says About the Walking Dead

Posted on October 26, 2024 by salooper57

Their transgression and sins were not the cause of this deadness, but its result; the way a stench is not the cause of physical death, but results from it. Continue reading →

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Incomparable Power (Ephesians 1:19-23)

Posted on October 23, 2024 by salooper57

What are “the believing” believing? In my experience, many people who profess belief in God have little more than a blur or smear of religious thoughts – some quite pagan – about a God who is generally nice and will look after us and take us to heaven when we die. Continue reading →

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Jesus: Liberal or Conservative?

Posted on October 19, 2024 by salooper57

When it comes to the question of whether Jesus is a conservative or a liberal, I think there is evidence for both, but there is no evidence that he is a Republican or a Democrat. He calls Republicans and Democrats to join his side. He will not join theirs. Continue reading →

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Immeasurable Power (Ephesians 1:19-23)

Posted on October 16, 2024 by salooper57

…we will only experience God’s power if something in our life uses God’s power. Our houses have TVs and computers, stoves and dishwashers, fans and hairdryers, and they all use electricity. Is there anything in our lives that uses God’s power? Continue reading →

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