Tag: God’s wrath
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People Really Saved by Grace Also Practice Grace…
People are so people-ish. We are not a species that is very good at mercy. The first chance we get, we just tear others down and we justify our doing this. Particularly in human-centered religion, we use the doctrines or systems of ethics that we have developed to condemn and be condescending of others. People…
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Purpose and Righteousness in a Sinful World
After Adam and Eve rebelled against God because of their own self-interest, they had two sons. Because of jealousy (also self-interest), one son murdered the other. People multiplied on the earth. God saw that people had become evil. In fact, In Genesis 6:5, we read that God saw that every inclination in the heart of…
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Does God Enjoy Punishing Us?
So far in our study of the book of Judges, we have seen two very important things about God. The first is that He will give us over to the idols we worship. God is just and he will allow us to choose whether we will serve Him or not. When we serve Him, we…
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Are You a Steve?
Today before church, my wife and I went to Bojangles to have some supper with some friends. While we were eating, someone sitting at the table adjacent to us turned and asked us a question concerning the gospel of Christ. He classified himself as an agnostic that believed in the existence of supernatural/unexplained events. He…