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Recent content by BenDare

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    "YOU WANT TO LIVE WHERE?"

    "You say you actually want to live here? Are you sure? Look around -- at the neighborhood, the house itself -- and with me?" "Yes, that is exactly what I want. Remember, I built the place. It has really been mine all along, but I gave it to you to do with as you pleased. I always hoped that...
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    "To Everything there is a Time"

    OPPORTUNITY I asked what he saw when the sun came up, painting the world with light. "Just the hazy fog of my own little dreams because my eyes were shut tight." "Then what did appear when you opened your eyes on this beautiful world God made?" "Only cold, bare walls of my own small room...
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    Poem: KNOWING

    I want You to know me, yet I am afraid Of what You might see if You carefully look And how You may feel to discover the things I've hidden beneath all my pretense and pride. Yet, You look with love, though I fear that You see Much more than I wanted to show. Your lazer-like look healed...
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    Two Part Question: "Who?" and "How?"

    Wow! I didn't mean to start a fight. I had hoped to start some thinking. When we polarize ourselves we seem more interested in defending our own little fort at any cost. I believe the Bible. It does not give many details. Reading things INTO the Bible is close to blasphemy. Our Creator left us...
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    Poem " WANTS and NEEDS"

    I wanted recognition that the world might know and see. God gave me grace to see myself, and know that He knows me. I thought I needed money and the things that it would buy. God, though, supplied abundant grace with things that satisfy. I longed for more stability amid uncertainties of...
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    Two Part Question: "Who?" and "How?"

    The Creationist- Science argument yells from two different assumptions, and the defenders do not listen to one another. Christians accept as fact the first four words of Genesis. Some other people ignore God. The Bible does not give all the details. It does not tell us HOW God did all that He...
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    Some poems by me...

    Elf, You are off to a great start. It took courage to open your heart like to the world. Your thoughts are expressed in vivid language of delicate beauty. May I suggest a change or two reguarding form? If you work toward a more regular rhythm you will like the result. Try finding synonyms for...
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    Christians and Hypocrisy

    FOMWATTS - Good point, but I do not think that we really disagree. When I said that Christians are not yet perfect, I meant this only in the limited sense of everyday, present living in this world. Indeed, as the Scriptures make plain, we are made perfect in Christ before God. The idea that...
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    Christians and Hypocrisy

    It does not take much knowledge to sit on the couch, watch the game, and criticize the players. "Christians are hypocrits!" is hardly profound. There is even some truth in the remark. Some who profess to be Christians actually are hypocrits. Check out the first century church in the N.T. The...
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    Ever get knocked off your horse?

    Thanks to all of you for the encouraging words. This is how it happened to me, and how God's grace dealt with my foolish failure. Ain't God good !
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    Curch Universal

    The Church is a unique, divine creation. It is like human organizations somewhat in the way that humans are like animals physically. The Church is the Body of Christ. As such, His life is the Force which unifies its parts. The head directs the body. The Mind of Christ directs the Church. Human...
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    what is faith

    In other words, Christian faith is simply a complete confidence in the character of God ?
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    The Garden of Eden

    Genesis 1 - 3 tells us the essentials about WHAT happened, but nothing at all about WHY, HOW, or WHEN. Personally, I accept the account as literal anc accurate because there is no reason to assume otherwise. Since the Creator endowed humans with both intelligence and curiosity, He must expect us...
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    Rock and Mineral collecters?

    There are rock and mineral clubs everywhere; probably a local one near your home. I think you would really enjoy one of their annual shows. Admission is very little, and it would take an hour or so to just look. Have fun with it. - BD