Picture yourself in a straitjacket. Your arms are wrapped around you and held firmly in place; you cannot move them at all. Yet, you still have a job to do. Let’s say your job includes working on a computer, or maybe you’re a checker in a grocery store. I guess you could use your nose [...]
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Jesus Unchained
Posted in Holy Spirit, tagged Bible, Christ, Christian, Christianity, Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Life, Religion, Spirituality, Theology, Thoughts on September 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Truth of the Holy Spirit
Posted in Holy Spirit, tagged Christ, Christianity, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Religion, Truth on May 9, 2008 | 2 Comments »
What do you believe about the Holy Spirit of God? Who do you say He is? What would you say is His role in your life? In a recent small group bible study I attend, in talking about the Holy Spirit, one member mentioned that the Holy Spirit really wasn’t present during Old Testament times. [...]
God Comes Close… Always
Posted in Faith, Holy Spirit, tagged Christ, Christianity, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Hope, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Religion, Truth on May 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
At a memorial service a couple of weeks ago, the presiding pastor, in an effort to comfort the mourners, said that God comes closest when we are down. I suspect he may have been reaching out to those in the crowd who are not Christian, who do not have God to lean on in good [...]
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Non-Catholic denominations are not “true” churches. Really?
Posted in Catholic ways, Christian Unity, Holy Spirit, tagged Bible, Catholic, Catholic Church, Christ, Christian, Christianity, Commentary, Current Affairs, Current Events, Faith, God, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Life, Opinion, Philosophy, Religion, Spirituality, Theology, Thoughts, Truth, Unity on November 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Catholic Church is the one and only “true” church, or so some believe. According to a July 10, 2007 article I stumbled across (see it here), “Pope Benedict XVI has reasserted the universal primacy of the Roman Catholic Church, approving a document released Tuesday that says Orthodox churches were defective and that other Christian [...]
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