A Once in a Lifetime Event “Are you going to go see it?” If you were to ask that question to a random person walking down the street here in Vermont, without any context, they would immediately know exactly what you were asking about. The upcoming total solar eclipse. There are various kinds of eclipses. […]
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Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘You shall worship (proskyneō) the Lord your God and serve Him only.’” Luke 4:8 Then Jesus said to him, “Go, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship (proskyneō) the Lord your God and serve Him only.’” Matthew 4:10 The idea that there is one God and that He
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So you’re a non-religious skeptic and you’ve just received a flyer in the mail from a local church about coming to one of their Easter services. You’re tempted to just throw it in the garbage. Your mind says that you should explore this religion first before just rejecting it out of hand. To reject it
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Could God sin? If God has the potential to sin, then he would not be essentially or necessarily good. But God is necessarily or essentially good. He cannot be otherwise. This means that it is impossible for God to commit acts of evil and therefore God cannot even be tempted to do wrong just as
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Countless denominations cause many people today to associate Christianity with division and religious rivalry. The past lends some merit to this association. Back in the 16th and 17th century, Europe experienced severe religious conflict, one would even say warfare, between Protestants and Catholics. Back then denominational differences were a matter of life and death. This
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If you’re like me, you pass by your intended destination from time to time. Just the other day I was taking my second daughter to the eye doctor for an appointment and drove right past the entrance. Why? Because I’m so easily mesmerized by everything else. The Christmas lights, the clouds, the song playing on
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