Lie: Evolution is true. Truth: Evolution is false: God created the heavens and the earth. The more statistically improbable a thing is, the less we can believe that it just happened by blind chance. Superficially the obvious alternative to chance is an intelligent Designer. — Richard Dawkins In this statement, Richard Dawkins, the
We need to be very clear here. It sounds good to be endowed with inherent/unalienable rights, but they simply do not exist — that was the lie. Inherent rights are the very thing that the serpent in the Garden tempted Eve with. They assume that we are free to act independently, and on our own. B
We may not say it quite so plainly, but it’s the assumption that precedes an individual salvation in most evangelical churches. We’re taught that the ball is clearly in our court. After all, God has already made the first move when Jesus died on the cross, right?
This breaks down to salvation as transaction, or exchange, initiated by us. But is it really?
Lie: Faith is a requirement from God Truth: Faith is the realization we need This article is focused on faith as a concept and why it’s important. For a more complete discussion on how it’s important for salvation and what it means to believe in Jesus, see my article LIE:
In your mind, you have capacities, you knowTo telepath messages through the vast unknownPlease close your eyes and concentrateWith every thought you thinkUpon the recitation we’re about to sing Calling occupants of interplanetary craftCalling occupants of interplanetary, most extraordinary craft . . . With your mind, you have ability to
Lie: God is not good. Truth: God is better than we can possibly imagine. The cross of Christ is God’s final answer to the problem of evil because the problem of evil is in the cross itself. — E J Carrell The enemy of our soul aims this deadly arrow
We don’t sentence thieves and murderers and traffic violators with the same punishment. Likewise God’s justice ‘system’ is measured and proportional.
Time is obvious and everywhere. It just is.
But it’s also one of the deepest mysteries of all time. Saint Augustine famously said: ‘What then is time? Provided that no one asks me, I know. If I want to explain it to an inquirer, I do not know.’
Nowadays, when someone asks the question, what is time, it’s usually answered by a quantum physicist who goes into theories of spacetime, time crystals, black holes and such. But this article will not go in that direction. . . .
ath is easily the greatest mystery of all time. It’s the one mystery that can only be solved by experiencing the mystery itself. Yes, some have come back from the dead and told their stories. And some are certainly true. But for most of us the wall of death is impenetrable.
LIE: God only grants salvation to those who have faith in Jesus TRUTH: Our faith in Jesus is the awakening we need to accept our already-won salvation This article is written primarily from the perspective of individual salvation, but I do see the validity of social and cultural structures that