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Feb 15, 2009 · If nothing is sacred and there is no God, then there is no revelation of God in any form, not in nature, not in a human person such as Jesus of Nazareth, and not in any scripture.
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We’ve all probably seen a pastor illustrate the concept of repentance during a Sunday morning sermon. He walks across the stage on “the path of sin” and tells us that repenting is not merely stopping as we walk down the path, but turning to walk back in the direction of God. This is absolutely right; repentance involves both turning away from sin a...
It may sound strange, but how do we go about getting a broken heart? First, we simply need to ask for it. True repentance, like all good things, is a gift of God (2 Timothy 2:25). If we want to obey the command to rend our hearts, we must ask God to grant us true repentance. We must also be aware of one of the biggest hindrances to obtaining a brok...
Finally, true repentance comes not merely by understanding the relational aspect of sin, but by understanding the nature of the One with whom we are in relationship. In other words, the more we see God as glorious and holy, the more we will see sin as something to weep over. Repentance is less about feeling bad over behavior, and more about feeling...
When you are in distress and all these things have come upon you, in the latter days you will return to the Lord your God and listen to His voice.
3 days ago · Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world. Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love.
- All Things Are From, Through, and To God. First, because God’s riches and wisdom and knowledge are unfathomably deep, verse 36 is true: “From him and through him . . .
- No One Can Give a Gift to God So as to Make Him a Debtor. Second, this implies verse 35: “Or who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid?” Answer: no one.
- No One Can Give Any Counsel to God About How He Should Do Things. Third, Paul gives one specific example of how we can’t give God anything to obligate him or enrich him.
- His Ways and Judgments Are Unsearchable and Inscrutable to Our Finite Minds. Fourth, since all is from God and through God so that we can’t give him what is not already his and can’t be his counselor, therefore (according to verse 33b), no wonder we are often confounded and perplexed by the ways and the judgments of God.
Nov 12, 2011 · Today we're asking the question: Is Nothing Sacred Anymore? Holding something sacred is often associated with religion and God. Some things are held to be sacred because of their relation to God’s wishes and commands.
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Jan 21, 2007 · Five reasons in Genesis 1:26-28, the human life is sacred. Sacred because we are specially created by God. Sacred because we are created in the image and likeness of God. Sacred because we are, in ourselves, pre-eminent over every other created being, Earthly beings.
