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Colby's Blog – September 2012 Archive (5)

Gospel Subversion

Rise up, be controversial, and take a stand for the Gospel of Jesus Christ!

The Gospel of Jesus Christ is intended to stir things up. It is intended to rise up. It is intended to challenge and cause each of us to examine ourselves and allow God to work in our lives and take us to places that will allow us to answer the call to “love and serve one…

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Added by Colby on September 19, 2012 at 4:30pm — No Comments

The World's Major Religions: Many Paths to God?

Are the world's major religions complementary?

Are they alternative paths to the same place?

Do they each provide a part of the ultimate truth, which is only understood when they are all blended together, providing a holistic perspective on the one ultimate…

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Added by Colby on September 17, 2012 at 9:00pm — 2 Comments

Questioning the Origin and Authority of the Bible

The biggest division within and the greatest challenge facing Christianity today centers on how we view the Bible's origin and authority.

Viewed simply, Christians fall into two camps. Modernists / Liberals and Fundamentalists / Conservatives. This, in turn, frames how each of us interprets and applies Scriptural passages relating to such controversial and divisive issues as…

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Added by Colby on September 17, 2012 at 5:00am — 1 Comment

Two Things True: God's Judgment and Grace

We often experience the fact that more than one thing is true at the same time. Often we know conflicting things, both true and yet in tension.

So it is that we are challenged to our own settlement of two big and seemingly conflicting truths about the properties of our relationship with God. One is named judgment and the other is called grace. These two simple words have challenged us over…

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Added by Colby on September 16, 2012 at 10:34am — No Comments

America "under God:" A Christian Nation?

As Christians, we believe that we live "under God" as individuals as well as collectively in our communities, regions and nations. We acknowledge that we live by God's grace and under his judgment. Regardless of where we live in the world--be it the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Australia, China, Nigeria, Libya or India--we live "under God" whether or not we acknowledge it.

As Christians, although we live in the…

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Added by Colby on September 14, 2012 at 3:30pm — 2 Comments