• The Dirty Word Called Certainty

    All knowledge claims are based upon a standard. A foundation from which the rest of cohesive thoughts and beliefs are formed. The question the thinker must ask himself/herself is: By what standard? What is the standard from which we claim to know things? Is this standard personal? That is, is it seated in the heart/mind…

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  • That Shadowy Idol called Doubt

    Would you agree that to doubt is human? Doubting is a naturalistic response that is purely of human origin. Do you find anything about those statements troubling? Is there any error that has slipped in? Let’s look at some instances: “I doubt I will be able to win this foot race,” or “I have sincere…

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  • Limitations, Authority and Politics: Q3

    Question 3: Is it right to preach politics from the pulpit? Answer: If we were to take a public consensus on this subject, what do you think we would find? More than likely the world (i.e., society and current culture) will say “NO,” because that would be bringing “religion into the public sphere…and we just…

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  • Limitations, Authority and Politics: Q2

    Question 2: Who has the authority to place the limitations? Answer: Rather than build up to the obvious answer I’ll just give it to you at the forefront. If the Church is Christ’s workmanship, if it was His righteous and holy life that purchased us and set us apart, then it makes perfect sense that…

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  • Limitations, Authority and Politics: Q1

    Question 1: What limitations does the Church of Jesus Christ have on it? Answer 1a: Think for a moment about what a limitation is. It is a restriction. It is a no trespassing sign. Since our creation God has placed “limits” on what we are to do as creatures. The first examples we are given…

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