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"Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you, that he might sift you like wheat, 32but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers." - Luke 22"31-32
This is an interesting text from Luke which also points to the monergistic...
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here we are almost christmas time here where
is the time going these days,
“Understand The Vision” Dan.8:17
This poem is based on Daniel 8 & 9
By the River of Ulai, the prophet “looked up”
As he was seeking
And when he “lifted up his eyes,” Daniel heard
King Jesus speaking
Far down the corridors of time to the beast of
This our troubled day
We see...
The divisions of theology are generally classified along four lines: systematic, biblical, historical, and philosophical.
Generally speaking, philosophical theology employs the resources of philosophy, that is, logic, reasoning, critical thinking, and the humanities to seek new angles on the...
Continued from Part I here:
Outside Knowledge and Its Use With Scripture - Part I - Christian Forums
Truthful knowledge, no matter where it is appropriated, cannot contradict the Scriptures. If God is truth, his written Word is a representation of the truth God wanted to reveal about Himself...
Deep down
Filled with sorrow
Not your fault
Crying over the past
Feeling empty
Longing to be held
Reaching out
The mist begins to part
Reaching up
Hope stands above
Moving forward
Taking tiny steps
Hope
Finding the sunlight
Hands pierced and blood flows
Hope spreads arms wide
Thorns pressed into the skull
Painting salvation red.
A mother weeps
People scoff
An act of mercy
Or a tale of many.
Arms reach out
To show the safety
Pierced hands and side proven
Love cost all and then
Forgiveness was painted red.
How...
It snowed last night, the first snow of winter. I was excited about it until I had to scrape a combination of crusted snow and ice off my car this morning. I may be living here, but I left my heart back in Japan after spending a two-week holiday there. I've been waiting for 10 years to live...
I'm a whiner, lots of times. That sentence will scare off a few. WHY? Cause NONE of us like the sound of a whiner.... but we all go there. I come to You and whine away and get so very sure that the things that You allow and ask of me are TOO much for me. There just MUST be some way that I am...
“Frozen Chosen" is a pejorative term used by the "Excited Benighted" to describe Calvinists who don't believe that adding fleshly enthusiasm has anything to do with election. Truth doesn't warm these critics and they do not understand those who love truth.”
Source: Dr. Bud Powell, Academic...
I recently climbed to the top of a mountain near where I live, and this is the poem I wrote at the top!
On Top Of The Mountain
Psa 72:3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness
Such a strong presence there for me to
try
Even though the peaks...
Writer’s Block
My eyes without sight
stare blindly at white.
My thoughts go scattered
and there lay clattered
the bits and pieces,
all intellect ceases
and nothing is left
and all that I get
are these measly remnants
not in remembrance.
Then pen hits the page...
Have you ever just felt like yelling or screaming for no apparent reason? Okay, maybe I'm just weird.
I've been listening to Japanese music a lot lately while working on schoolwork. I finally got units 2 and 3 done for my painting course. Now I've got a final project for my TESL course due...
It's been a LONG time since I posted HERE !
This is from the other Blog area, October 12th, 2010....
* People don't die for a lie.*
I've died for You so MANY MANY times, Jesus. And there's MORE dying to do.
Matthew 5:9
"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God...
When the light shines upon
The old wound within the soul
It seems like more pain adding on
And striving to feel whole
The wound has a cover
So that it can heal
Uncovering it feels like a puncture
With so much pain to feel
But the pain doesn’t last
Just like a band-aid
Let it all out; get out...
When the world is unfair
And no one will stand up to the fool
I hear many prayers
Crying out, restore the golden rule
I feel the pain that makes you blue
Take my hand, I am here
Standing with you
Giving you nothing to fear
Many of times in the past
Evil has done its cruel deed
But it will not...
I don't deny the use of the historical-grammatical methods as they should be properly understood.
From the grammatical aspect, the Scriptures and all other books are written in a human language and all the rules of understanding any language apply. Unfortunately, the grammatical aspect used...