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Category Archives: Theology
Are All Sins Equal or are Some Worse than Others? Yes!
I was recently asked by my daughter about sin and if, as she learned growing up, that all sin was the same OR if, as she is being taught
Posted in Christian Living, Theology
Tagged Suicide
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Why is the Trinity so Hard to Understand – It is a Mystery
I recently attended a class where the subject of the class was the Trinity – the Doctrine that God is one entity and is simultaneously three distinct persons. The presenter began by saying, “I will be teaching some heresy today; … Continue reading
Easter – The Grave is Conquered
Why do Christians worship on the first day of the week? Because it is on the first day of the week, Sunday, that JESUS PROVED HIS POWER OVER
Posted in Holidays, Lectionary Reflection, Theology
Tagged Easter, Garden of Eden, Heaven, Resurection
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Saturday after Good Friday – The Day of Holy Silence
The chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate and said, “Sir, we remember how that impostor said, while he was still alive, ‘After three days I will rise.’ Therefore order the tomb to be made secure until the third … Continue reading
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A Six-Word Essay
Six-Word Essays have been growing in popularity (Spoiler – this is not one of them as the first Eight words proved). If you Google: Six Word Essays – a long list of websites will greet you including the story where … Continue reading
A Cowboy’s Religion
Most important to a cowboy’s religion was that he “got” it, and “had” it. Probably few, if any, versions of a cowpoke’s religion ever got into any books of theology. But one old Plains cowboy’s description of what religion … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian Service, Cowboy, Discipleship
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Why Do We Settle for What We Want?
It is the 20th of January and (for those who acknowledge the Church Calendar) the 2nd Sunday after Epiphany. Today the Gospel reading was the telling of the story of the wedding in Cana of Galilee. A young couple gets … Continue reading
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Tagged Blessings, Cana, Wine
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The Mayan Calendar and the End of the Age
It is about to be the 21st of December, 2012. Some claim that the Mayans predicted that this will be the end of the world. This is an opinion derived from the fact that the Mayan calendar ends on the … Continue reading
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Tagged Eschatology, Mayan Calendar, Mystery of God
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