I fear that many pastors today have fallen into the error of preaching the doctrines of grace theoretically instead of preaching them practically and using the truths of Scripture to draw men to Christ. Instead of using the Bible as our instrument to draw men into fellowship with God, biblical doctrine has become our grounds [...]
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Posted in Bible, Love, tagged 1 samuel, music on April 11, 2008 | 6 Comments »
And whenever the harmful spirit from God was upon Saul, David took the lyre and played it with his hand. So Saul was refreshed and was well, and the harmful spirit departed from him. (1 Samuel 16:23)
As one who was once enveloped in the scene of “Christian” music I can say it is usually baptized [...]
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Love loves without condition, simply because it loves; he thus loves without limit or restriction. No refusal rebuffs or limits that which, in order to give itself, does not await the least welcome or require the least consideration. Which means, moreover, that as interlocutor of love, man does not first have to pretend to arrange [...]
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Posted in Love, freedom, redemption, tagged augustine on March 3, 2008 | No Comments »
… At the same time you are slave, and free; slave, because you are created such; free, because you are loved by God, by whom you were created: yes, free indeed, because you love Him by whom you were made. Do not serve with discontent; for your murmurs do not tend to release you from [...]
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*Spoiler Alert*
So, Desmond traveled to the future from 1996 to 2004. This was no ordinary time travel though (as if such a thing exists). His was a travel through the conscience. Because of a super-electromagnetic stimulus his mind was able to pass between past and future (albeit chaotically). This was one of my favorite episodes [...]
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