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Recent content by choux

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    Cindy's "Evening And Morning"

    If you haven't ever seen Cindy Skillman's "Evening And Morning" piece of art, it is amazing. You see, there is a division between the spiritual truths of Ultimate Reality and the truths of strict either/or thought. Strict either/or reasoning is good in areas like math and sciences. But when it...
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    Cindy's "Evening And Morning"

    If you haven't ever seen Cindy Skillman's "Evening And Morning" piece of art, it is amazing. You see, there is a division between the spiritual truths of Ultimate Reality and the truths of strict either/or thought. Strict either/or reasoning is good in areas like math and sciences. But when it...
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    The Paradox God

    They will be purified. The suffering will open their hearts up to God's beautiful love.
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    The Paradox God

    God is paradoxical. He's grace and wrath, mercy and justice, love and hate, glory and humility. God is a mixed blessing. All opposites are held together in Him. Therefore, He is light and in Him there is no darkness at all. At the cross some were saved through a faith union with Christ. The old...
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    Both/And And Either/Or

    Jesus said you're either for me or against me. There is a division between the spiritual truths of Christ and the truths of secular thought. Either/or reasoning is good in areas like math and sciences. But when it comes to Christ we must transcend the either/or into the both/and. The reason why...
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    Limited Atonment And The Glorification Of All

    Scriptures that teach limited atonement: He will save His people from their sins - Matt. 20:28 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep - John 10:11 Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to...
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    Limited Atonment And The Glorification Of All

    It's the Bible's teaching that there are some who are chosen in this lifetime by grace. They are the first fruits. This implies that there are second fruits. They are saved after they are baptized in the lake of fire. All will confess Christ as Lord to the glory of the Father but not all have...
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    Heresy

    The people I quoted didn't always hold to the same beliefs throughout their entire lives. I can quote them in support of my view. Augustine was a big supporter of eternal torment. Charles Pridgeon quotes him: There are very many in our day, who though not denying the Holy Scriptures, do not...
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    Loving The Way Jesus Did

    In dealing with my bitterness against those who have wronged me I like to do what Jesus did. He kept entrusting to Him who judges justly. - 1 Peter 2:22-23 (the word "himself" isn't in the original). We are to leave room for God's wrath for vengeance belongs to Him. My faith is in God to handle...
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    Heresy

    Irenaeus Theophilus Clement of Alexandria Origen Eusebius of Caesarea Athanasius Gregory of Nazianzen Ambrose Didymous Gregory of Nyssa Jerome Hillary Titus Diodorus Theodore of Mopsuestia Cyril of Alexandria Maximus of Turin Theodoret Peter Chrysologus
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    Heresy

    agreed
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    Heresy

    The more I think about it the stranger it is for God believers to consider Christian Universalism heresy. Of all the teachings known to the human race I can think of no other teaching that more deserves that title than everlasting torment under God's wrath. It is by far the craziest thing that...
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    What Makes Jesus Look Beautiful?

    Yes. It's also when we express our love for Him in the midst of our suffering. This glorifies Him. Just as Job did. You don't rejoice in the death of the girl in and of itself. But God being a God who brings beauty out of ashes we can rejoice in hope. I don't believe in eternal suffering. This...
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    What Makes Jesus Look Beautiful?

    I think God wants us to suffer at times. But He also gives us the joy to carry us through it. It was by the joy that was set before Him that Christ endured the cross. It was this joy that sustained Him. We are sorrowful yet always rejoicing. What the world needs from Christians is our joy in...