Purify My Heart LordPlease,Purify my heart LordCleanse it of all sinsWash the dirty stains awayRemove all unpure taintsTurn your bright face to me GodHear my prayers as they come up to youShine your loving light on meMake your consoleing voice reach my ear, as I call out to youLet me know you God Let your holyness embrace my soulAllow me to be your child To always be you nearTake away all sinful thoughtsLet no wrong actions be done by meOnly let my mouth speak goodAlways lead me to do what is right in your eyesForgive my faults and weaknessForever hold my hand tighNever give up on me Let The Holy Spirit lead me on the right pathSay tha
God Bless BostonDear God, please bless those families who were affected by this tragedy. Embrace the United States with open arms as well as the victims. Please watch over the victims and their families as we try to figure out why this happened.Amen.
Please Sign This Petition http://tool.donation-net.net/CTBF/TellObamaPetition.cfm?dn=1032&commID=409270824&ID=686708 President Obama's words this week blamed Israel for the lack of peace in the Middle East and calling on Israel—and only Israel—to think about the other side and make concessions to bring peace. This is a complete mischaracterization of what is really happening in the region, and we must speak up.I urge you today to sign this petition to the President (and we will also send a copy to Prime Minister Netanyahu) stating your support for Israel and rejecting his attempt to draw an equivalence between the two sides in the conflict. The judgment of God will certainly fall on our nation if we curse His Chosen People.Please sign this petition to help prevent yet another atrocity and pass it along to everyone you know.Thank you._____
Why is Hell Necessary?1. Sin and CrimeSin is like crime. When you commit a crime, you are breaking the law. When you commit sin, you are breaking God’s Law. If a Judge let a criminal go without punishment, we would call him unjust. Thus, if God allowed sin to go unpunished, that would make God unjust.2. How Severe is Sin?One of the major problems I encounter when telling people about sin and hell is that they simply don’t grasp how severe sin is. While the comparison above is a good illustration, it doesn’t do justice in communicating how bad sin is. Sin is an act of evil that is against the very nature of God. God is so pure and holy that
Euthyphro dilemmaEuthyphro dilemmaThe Euthyphro dilemma is a theological and philosophical issue regarding the relationship between God and objective morality. The issue highlights how morality may or may not be from God, and if the former is true, then morality is rendered arbitrary, while if the latter is true, God can be immoral, and is not necessary for an ethical system.The issue goes back at least as far as Plato, in his Euthyphro, whereas it can be expressed as:”Does God command something because it is good, or is something good because God commands it?”So we are presented with a dichotomy- either morality is directly of God, which
God in the Old TestamentMany non-Christians take issue with God's actions in the Old Testament. But I've noticed a pattern in their arguments. They say "God killed those people so He's evil" and say nothing else about the incident. This leads me to believe they don't know the context of what they're upset about, nor have they done the research to see the pattern of God's actions. Below, I have broken down 5 instances of God's judgment.1. The Global Flooda. The world was full of evil people, sin, and corruption. (Gen. 6:5), (Gen. 6:1-2)b. God warns that He will flood the world to destroy the evil (Gen. 6:13)c. Noah preached to the people of the world for abou
Grace and works, condemnation and convictionGrace and works, condemnation and conviction"If Christians are already saved by Grace, then why bother doing anything good at all?"This is a question that may or may not serve as an issue in Christianity. If it is really true that Christianity is Grace-based, and not works-based, then aren't Christians, effectively, "lazy"? What point is there in doing good works and avoiding sin when we're already saved anyway? If Christians don't have to earn their own Salvation, is this fair?In reality, however, Grace and works do not contradict one another and are not opposites. In fact, they complement one another.I attempted to explain, in a pre
The omnipotence of GODThe omnipotence of GODOne of the fundamental qualities of GOD is His omnipotence- which can be defined as infinite power, the ability to do anything. This would mean that there is nothing GOD cannot do, and it implies that GOD is above everything.Certainly, we understand that GOD is the highest and greatest- He is above and beyond everything. So, when we talk of GOD not being able to do something, this superficially sounds like GOD is not all-powerful.There are understood to be two things that GOD cannot "do". These are:1. GOD cannot go against His own nature.2. GOD cannot do anything that is logically impossible.The issue with sa
Are Christians brainwashed?Are Christians brainwashed?Claims by critics of Christianity that presuppose that Christianity is false, and thus believers are brainwashed often go as follows:"If you were born in India, you'd be a Hindu.""If you were born in China, you'd be a Buddhist.""If you were born in the middle-East, you'd be a Muslim.""If you were born in mediaeval Denmark, you'd be a pagan follower of Thor.""If you were born in African, you'd be a follower of a native African pagan tribal religion."There are many problems with these statements.First of all, you are presupposing that you know me better than I know me- how can any rational person claim
Absence of evidence = evidence of absence?Absence of evidence = evidence of absence?This is a popular meme often put forward by anti-theists- that in an absence of evidence (i.e. GOD's existence or Biblical evidence, as they intend it to be used for), this actually counts as evidence for it's falsehood.That is, to say, there is reason to disbelieve in something due to no evidence, rather than positive evidence against it's truth value. To accept X as false, not due to opposing evidence, but due to an absence of supporting evidence.Let's take the anti-theistic definition of Faith- Belief in absence of evidence (I don't fully agree with this definition, and believe there is somet
The Wardrobe (How we view ourselves in Christ)I want to start with a question. Do clothes make the man? Or, is it the other way around? Are the clothes that we choose to wear, influence how we think about ourselves? Or, is it how we think about ourselves that cause us to decide what clothes to wear?In studies. people had an increase in self confidence while dressing in nice clothes. People felt more accomplished and felt smarter too. Not were more accomplished or smarter, they just felt like they were.And according to these studies, clothes do indeed make the man. That if you are dressed nicely you think better about yourself. On the other hand, in the same studies the reason why man
The Offering Plate and UsHow many of you have an offering plate passed around every Sunday at church? My church does. And how many times to we look at this plate and only think of tithing or physical giving? Many times I think we are missing the actual point of whats being demonstrated.Analogies are used a whole lot in Scripture, and the offering plate passed around at church is another. A really big one.We can see this when Paul writes to the church in Rome. The passage I am looking at is found in Romans 12:1.And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrific
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