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Religious Lace

The Socially Acceptable Sin

Bunnies over Christ

Christ-like behavior requires day-to-day rehearsal

Confession from the Mass of Christ

They will know we are Christians by our love

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Tags: Israel

The Socially Acceptable Sin

This next portion of the Sermon on the Mount is one of the most widely dismissed and mocked of the new testament. Non-believers and believers alike question the literal meaning of it text. Why?  Those opposed to its words say that it looks like the law of other religions, others say that the Lord could not have meant for people to harm themselves in order to not sin. I do not think it profits dismiss this portion of scripture just [...]

This place is beautiful, can’t you see it?

You know from time to time we get ourselves all messed up with appearances.  No, not what we are wearing, but we make quick judgements on places, people and things based on what we see with our eye and guess what, what we have in our hearts. A few weeks ago my family and I took a drive through a sleepy little town in the middle of Kansas. We took this drive specifically to pray there and see what the [...]

Israel Confesses its Sin – can we?

Nehemiah 9 (Amplified) 1NOW ON the twenty-fourth day of this month, the Israelites were assembled with fasting and in sackcloth and with earth upon their heads. 2And the Israelites separated themselves from all foreigners and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers. The leaders of Israel knew their history, they learned of the past, both successes and failures of their people to please God. Together they cam to confess and repent not only of the sins [...]

Matthew 5:5

The different English translations of the Bible always amaze me. I love reading a portion of scripture in many different versions then meditating on it and allowing the Holy Spirit to speak the truth of the scripture to my heart. Many times you can read a passage in different versions and each will speak the truth but give it a bit of nuance that again touches the soul. As we continue our series on the Sermon we move to the [...]

Daniel 9

It seems like every conversation I have with someone on the topic of social confession one of us always brings up Daniel 9. I have read it many times but never before has it stuck out to me so strongly as it has this last month or so. Join me won’t you as I explore the account of Daniel’s confession of behalf of Israel. 9:1 In the first year of Darius son of Ahasuerus, who was made ruler over the [...]

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