December 2011
62 posts
ablogorsomething asked: I agree completely with you that it's unfortunate that people can be intolerant and unaccepting of others' beliefs, but isn't that what your god does? To send someone to a life of suffering for not knowing of or believing in something seems to me the very DEFINITION of intolerance. So is saying someone is living the "wrong" way because they don't believe in a certain...
atheistsblog asked: So you believe that people who never heard of Christianity, including all the people who lived before the religion was even invented, will just go to hell? Do you realize that makes your god completely cruel and immoral?
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What are your views on religion?
Religion is not what God envisioned it to be. People have put a negative connotation to it. We are called to care for those in need and be in the world but not of it. We’re called to live this broken world but be unstained by it.
People have twisted religion into something that only “good” or “holy” people are allowed into and that is so far from the truth. It is...
Anonymous asked: I'm sorry, but why do you care about other people's beliefs at all? What does it matter to you if someone halfway across the world has never heard of Jesus or Christianity? I can see how you might want everyone to have the best afterlife possible, or how you want everyone's souls to be saved, but I don't see why it should be anyone's business but their own what they...
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How did you come to know Christ?
I grew up in a Christian home, so I essentially grew up knowing Christ. However, I believe there’s a huge difference between knowing Christ and being a follower of Christ. I had been heading down a sketchy path throughout the beginning of sophomore year and I finally decided to make a change in my lifestyle in March 2011 at Winter Camp. From then I just took off with God and it’s been...
igetboredsometimes asked: You don't seem to understand what I'm saying let me give you an example. If there is an Indian in an island that has never known god and this Indian is a good person and let's say this Indian believes in a tree god and everyday he worships that tree god then he is sincerely seeking god in the best way he knows how same principle ca apply to a Hindu or Buddhist than has not been...
igetboredsometimes asked: If a person does not know god but sincerely seeks what they believe to be god or the right path then we can assume they are going to heaven because they are sincerely seeking god in the way that they know best. But if a person is introduced to the religion and knows about the right way and he knowngly denies it or rejects it then we can make the Assumption that they might not go to heaven.
livingthroughgrace asked: I would like to potentially aide your anon as well, if I may. We must also remember that believing in God isn't enough. It says in the Bible that even demons know that Jesus is Lord. However, demons choose not to follow Him or worship Him. Just believing or knowing that God is there does not save someone either.
Anonymous asked: Hi, recently my friend asked me a question about God and I wasn't sure if I answered her correctly. She asked me if other religions like buddhism and hinduism go to hell. and I said yes becuase they don't beileve in our God? would you agree or am I off?
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jakemask asked: And two: If theres a person who was born in the amazon (for example), and never makes contact with any kind of civilization. Some isolated tribe in the deep jungle or whatever, and they never hear about God and Jesus. They never have the chance to make the choice to invite Jesus into their heart because they've never heard of him, do they go to hell?
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jakemask asked: You wanted hard God questions. I have two: If God loves everyone, why are there starving children in Africa? And I don't just mean that in a superficial kind of way. There are hundreds of children in Africa who are sick, starving, being forced to fight as soldiers in armies, and other horrible things, and they're defenseless to do anything about it. If God loves them, why doesn't he...
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Relient K - Boxing Day
“No more lights...
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What is Christmas?
There’s all that jazz about “remember the true meaning of Christmas!!”
It’s said so much that it’s become cliche. Do people even remember what Christmas means? We’ve distorted this beautiful portrait of hope into something that is material and cheap.
The Savior of the world was born on Christmas and His message is Love and Hope. But more importantly,...
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God, I give You all I can; everything I have. I...
Use me to change the world.
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IT'S CHRISTMAS EVE!!!!!!!
Isaiah 9:6 “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”
easily one of my favorite verses in the Bible.
Oh my gosh, you guise. IT’S CHRISTMAS EVE. AND I GET TO SPEND IT WORSHIPING ON MT. SOLEDAD!! ♥
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John 6:35 Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of...
what a beautiful gift we’ve been given. One that we could never even begin to deserve or reciprocate with a gift of our own…
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Sitting at the piano, simply worshiping.... Always...
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Jon Foreman - Learning How to Die
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We will never be fully satisfied in this life. ...
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So I'm picking out Christmas songs to play for my...
And they’re suggesting their favorite Christmas songs to me, all of which are Christ related songs (O Holy Night, O Come All Ye Faithful, etc). However, of my entire family, only my immediate family is Christian, let alone believes in God. But their favorite songs are about Christ being born to save us.
I don’t understand how someone can hear the songs, but pay no attention to the...
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Luke 1:37 "For nothing is impossible with God."
It’s interesting how (even when we say we’ve given everything to God) we try so hard to do so many things on our own, with our own power and ability. And when we fail, we get discouraged, falling into the lie that we aren’t able to make a difference; that we don’t have what it takes to change the world.
This is a lie. Read the title again.
A huge part of the problem is...
IT'S CHRISTMAS EVE EVE EVE EVE EVE!!!!
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“You cannot find love
Until you fall in love with
The One who made it.”
– Haiku by Ariel Nelson (via set-apartgirl)
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Straight No Chaser - Carol of the Bells
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“To ask that God’s love should be content with us as we are is to ask that God...”
– C.S Lewis (via thesweetermelody)
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God, I just wanna love people the way you do. ♥
Best feeling ever?
selfless-faith:
To be in the presence of the Lord.
the best experiences i’ve ever had have been while experiencing God.
Words cannot describe how desperately I desire to...
I just want to live in His presence. All day, every day. Nothing else. Just me and Him. Oh my gosh, how wonderful that would be….
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Jon Foreman - Somebody’s Baby
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“Then rang the bells more loud and deep
God is not dead nor does He sleep.”
– I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
WHY
dannylovesjesus:
WHY AM I SO HAPPY
BECAUSE THE GOD AND CREATOR OF EVERYTHING FROM THE TINIEST BUG TO THE LARGEST GALAXY IS PASSIONATELY IN LOVE WITH YOU. :D
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Love. Our entire existence is based on it. We...
Hosea 6:6 ”I want you to show love,
not offer sacrifices. I want you to know me
more than I want burnt offerings.”
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Luke 14:7-11 (the message)
…”When someone invites you to dinner, don’t take the place of honor. Somebody more important than you might have been invited by the host. Then he’ll come and call out in front of everybody, ‘You’re in the wrong place. The place of honor belongs to this man.’ Red-faced, you’ll have to make your way to the very last table, the only place left....
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