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  • The Gospel and the Law of Attraction

    The Gospel and the Law of Attraction

    Is the Law of Attraction true? What is its connection to the message of the gospel? According to Wikipedia: The Law of Attraction is a metaphysical New Thought belief that “like attracts like“, that positive and negative thinking bring about positive and negative physical results, respectively.According to the Law of Attraction, the phrase “I need…

  • Notes from Ephesians 1: Grace and Peace

    Notes from Ephesians 1: Grace and Peace

    Ephesians 1:1-2  1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God,  To God’s holy people in Ephesus,the faithful in Christ Jesus:  2 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Do you ever wonder why Paul greets grace and peace in all of his letters. Paul…

  • What the Cross Says?

    What the Cross Says?

    “To whom does the invitation of this cross come?  It comes to the failures, the people who know they have gone wrong, the people who are filled with a sense of shame, the people who are weary and tired and forlorn in the struggle. . . . Do you despise yourself, kick yourself metaphorically, and…

  • Mideo Cruz, freedom of expression and why the reaction

    Mideo Cruz, freedom of expression and why the reaction

    “Freedom of expression”, some artists say. “We see nothing wrong with how Mideo Cruz portrayed Christ and the cross”,  in the recently closed down controversial KULO exhibit. According to GMAnews.tv some of the images displayed where: a religious image of Jesus Christ. Attached to the religious image is a wooden replica of the male genital…

  • Facebook and the Gospel

    B.J. Stockman, citing a few paragraphs from Mark Regnerus and Jeremy Uecker’s new book Premarital Sex in America: How Young Americans Meet, Mate, and Think about Marrying, helpfully reflects on the skewed personas Facebook encourages us to generate. An excerpt: Facebook tempts us to post things that increase the currency of our like-ability and indulge in the fear…