And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure. Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that...
From what I know of Old Earth theology, Genesis 1-11 or around there are considered allegory/metaphorical. However, Romans 5:12 says "Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all...
Hi, y'all. New poster and old lurker, here.
After roughly 150-200 hours of research and 39 pages of notes, I'm ninety percent sure Jesus was crucified in 17 A.D. It's much earlier than most place it, but many eye-opening things were discovered in...
N.T. Wright asks: Have we gotten heaven all wrong?
The following taken from this article
The oft-cliched Christian notion of heaven — a blissful realm of harp-strumming angels — has remained a fixture of the faith for centuries. Even as...
:bible:John 14:6, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me”
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I wanted to share with you today a hymn entitled “Face to Face” written by...
Probably the best place to figure out what Watchman Nee thought about the heart is in his treatise on our spiritual anthropology, called A Spiritual Man (1928).
At the beginning, he seems to...
Within as little as 7 years after he writes A Spiritual Man (1928), Watchman Nee (1903-1972) has backed off his view of the role of obedience and will power in the spiritual life of the believer.
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What should I say?
This story begins when I came to a place were I said "help" then the reply came "The Lord Knows and understands all of your needs". After the week of events, I decided I had no...
I was reading through a friend's Blog this past January when he posted a blog concerning what Christians "like" about a church that makes or breaks the decision they may make in not attending, or in...
A coal from the fire
Thanks guys. It really is a moving story, mainly because it exemplifies how God will meet us at the...
Sojourner55 May 22nd 2012 02:32 AM