When God closes a door He does not always open a window. Sometimes He wants you to sit in the quiet darkness while He transforms your fear into trust. How long that takes, is often up to you!
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If there is one Christian left who holds out hope that a God honoring, biblically accurate, mainstream Hollywood movie will emerge, I have some advice for you_stop waiting, it__ not going to happen, move on. If you want authentic Scripture, read the Scripture.
God will not judge by man__ standard of what is right, but by His own, and they are vastly different!
How much of what you accomplish today will bring you, or anyone else, closer to Christ?
It__ Christmas, and no matter what historical usage you choose to assign to __ass_ be it mission or Lord__ Supper, Christ__ Mass refers to WHY he came, not THAT he came. Christ__ mission was to be a sacrifice.
Giving out of your surplus does not make you generous, it makes your selfishness more tolerable! Giving while you are lacking is what pleases the Lord.
Buck Barrow, brother of Clyde Barrow (Bonnie & Clyde) was once asked "Where are you wanted by the law?" Barrow replied, "Wherever I've been." What a picture of our own guilt. We cannot escape our sinfulness because it follows us everywhere. Neither can we escape the mercy of God that is always there.
Remorse (I did it) is an easy, passive, human reaction, there is no value in it and it changes nothing. Repentance (I will not do it again) is the difficult call to action in a redeemed heart. It has an eternal impact and it can change everything.
Atheists determine there is no God based on their own intellect. I've determined there is a God based on His intellect.
Free-thinking_ atheists is an oxymoron. They chide Christians for being narrow-minded. No one is more narrow and closed-minded than someone who claims absolutes based on what they __now_ as if there is nothing more to learn. I applaud agnostics who have the intellect, humility and openness to say, __ don__ know!_ or __ can__ know!_ At least they admit there may be more to know!