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  • Do you ever have trouble figuring out what God wants from you?

                This question is one that seems to haunt everyone I know who has a relationship with Christ. Of course, following Christ means that we do what He leads us to do. Sometimes, though, it is difficult to know exactly what God wants in any given situation or even concerning…

  • Re: I thought Moses was the only one who saw God??

                After church one Sunday morning, one of the members, and a man a great faith, came to me and asked about a verse of scripture he had read. When we think of Moses, we often think of him as the only man who had access to God (well, he and…

  • Is Morality Important Anyway? (Romans 8:12-17)

                Is morality important for the Christian? Is it important for humanity in general? Across the planet, people measure morality by different standards and accept different actions as morally right or wrong. For instance, I have spoken to Californians and New Yorkers who see the ownership of firearms as morally questionable…

  • Peace on Earth, Good Will to Men?

    Thus rang the voice of the Angels as they made proclamation to the lowly shepherds about the birth of our Messiah, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.”[1] In this moment, Roman oppression of the Jewish people had grown to such a point that it would have been…

  • What is Christian Maturity?

    There are two definitions of maturity that Christians today consider as they think of how they can grow in their Christian faith. The first, is the maturity one has in his or her relationship with God. To symbolize this definition, I could ask how close you are to God. The second, and most often used…

  • Flood

    This week at camp, we talked each evening about part of what it means to trust God. We talked about having courage and we talked about God’s healing power. We likened the relationship with God we sometimes settle with to a bird bath when God desires an ocean for us. Tonight, as we have come…

  • Is belief in evolution keeping you from God?

    Note: If you are a strong opponent of evolutionary theory and are easily unnerved with what you think it insinuates about God, please refrain from reading. However, if you are intrigued by the idea of evolutionary theory, question God’s existence because of evidence supporting evolution or have a need to actually relate to Atheists instead…

  • Re: My Faith Is Dying

    From: Losing Hope Subject: My Faith Is Dying _________________________ Dear Dedicated Christian, I was once as earnest and as vicarious in my faith as you seem to be now. I would have the close encounters with the presence I thought to be God and I would even experience the sensation of God’s words being spoken…