Tag: hell
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Stop Saying God Hates the Sin But Loves the Sinner!
It is true that God, who is perfectly holy and righteous, always hates sin. It is also true that God loves sinners, but only repentant sinners. However, this simplistic dichotomy between the sinner and his sin is false. Paul says that God is wrathful against all sin, “For the wrath of God is revealed…
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“Why Have You Forsaken Me?” (Memorial Service)
The youth at the church enjoyed many years of hearing his wit and humor during our fellowship times. He was the life of our church gatherings.
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Daily Lent Devotionals: Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Jesus willfully suffered the ultimate humiliation—a spectacle of public nakedness before his enemies—in order that he may clothe us, not with flimsy fig leaves, but with his own “garments of salvation… the robe of righteousness.”
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Daily Lent Devotionals: Tuesday, March 20, 2012
those who believe in Christ, while suffering affliction and persecution in this world, can also look forward to God’s vindication when he returns to take them to heaven where they will worship him forever.
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Some Thoughts on the “Blessed” Pope John Paul II
With the beatification of Pope John Paul II, he is now called “Blessed” by the Roman church, declaring that it is “worthy of belief” that he is in heaven, having come to salvation, and is worthy to be “venerated.” This is the last step before canonization, the act by which the Roman church recognizes a deceased…
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Gadaffy the New Antichrist?
Recent events in the Middle East, however, has some of the most popular “prophets” thinking about Libya’s Moamar Gadaffy as the newest candidate. But what proof do they have?
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Vengeance and Glory at the Second Coming of the Lord Jesus
In the new heaven and new earth, believers will get rest from tears, death, mourning, crying and pain. All the curses of nature—earthquakes, tsunamis, typhoons, hailstorms, drought, pestilence—will cease, and the earth will be restored to its fullness, much better than the Paradise of Eden.
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a Generous Heterodoxy (Or Why My Orthodoxy is Confessionally and Creedally Stingy)
With all of these “generous heterodoxy,†Kevin DeYoung argue that McLaren’s and other emergents’ smorgasbord Christianity is nothing else than “old fashioned liberalism… dressed up for the 21st century.†More than that, his “generous heterodoxy†is in reality, “super-generous heresy.â€