Reaching Out
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As I mentioned in an earlier post on Thinking Out Loud, I’ve been posting to a few online publications on Medium. Here are posts and Bible studies I’ve revised, edited, and reformatted from previous posts on Word-Strong for the publication Koinonia.
Take some time to read, think, and respond if you’d like. Thanks for reading!
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How is a Spark of Faith Ignited in a Person’s Heart?
What does it take for a person to become a believer in God? Is it a certain understanding?
How is a spark of faith ignited in a person’s heart?
I don’t know of one specific answer. In fact, when you ask a hundred different people how they came to believe, you may get a hundred different answers.
If you ask a theologian, he may give you one specific answer. But if you ask several different theologians and philosophers, you’ll get a gaggle of answers. Read more…
The Word of God in Person
My own darkness
The opening verses of the Gospel of John are important and significant to me. Though I believed in the existence of God from my youth, I had a nebulous, vague sense of God.
Throughout my teen and college years, I wandered in the darkness of my ignorance and whatever the world around me had to offer. Read more…
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How Acceptance of God Brings Acceptance and Inclusion
When does life begin — at conception or birth?
Before 1973, the obvious answer would be at conception but the Roe v Wade Supreme Court decision changed that in America. That decision may have changed people’s opinions but it didn’t change basic biology.
In Asia, age is generally determined by conception and the lunar calendar. For centuries and centuries in the rest of the world and biologically, conception is seen as the beginning of life.
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Stop Trying So Hard to Be a Good Christian!
Bob Newhart has a hilarious comedy skit as a psychiatrist. His therapy is a simple, two-word solution for problems — “Stop it!” If you’ve never seen it, click on this link–Stop it! for a good laugh, but keep reading!
If only solving life’s problems were that simple—to just stop doing something. Well, in some ways it is. But many difficulties in life continue to trouble us. But why?
Why don’t we just stop doing not-such-good things in order to start doing better things? Read more…
