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Category Archives: Christianity
Is It Time For A Third Crusade?
Following is a link to a very disturbing but informative article regarding the Satanic cult known as Islam and how it it stealing, killing, and destroying Christians worldwide. (John 10:10) Muslim Attacks On Christians Leave it to the devil to devise … Continue reading
What If Jesus Were A Baker?
I just read the post of another Christian blogger today entitled “Bake for Them Two”. She approached the current controversy raging across America (highlighted by the Indiana Religious Freedom Restoration Act passed by their state legislature back on March 26, … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, culture, gay marriage, homosexual marrriage, homosexuality, Indiana Law, inspirational, Jesus, RFRA
Tagged Bake for Them Two, Bible, blessedness, Christian, Christian persecution, Christianity, gentleness, God, God the Father, God's Love, Gospel of Matthew, homosexual marriage, homosexuality, Indiana Law, Jesus, Love, Religious Freedom, tenthousandplaces
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Rise Up O Men Of God-A Father’s Day Call for Revival
William Merrill, in 1911, penned these lyrics to the well-known hymn, challenging men to live godly lives and influence their world: Rise up, O men of God! Have done with lesser things. Give heart and mind and soul and strength … Continue reading
Posted in blessedness, Christian fathers, Christian Living, Christianity, culture, God's Love, inspirational, Jesus, revival, theology, truth
Tagged awakening, Christian fathers, courage and conviction, Father's Day, fathers in society, fathers influencing their children, Great Awakening, personal holiness, revival, rise up o men of god, royal priesthood, spiritual awakening
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Does God Care Who Wins The NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship?
Originally Posted on April 8, 2011 by theupwardcallofgod The topic of today’s blog is actually a shortened repost from 5 years ago: Does God really care who wins the NCAA Men’s Basketball National Championship? And further, by extension, does He care who wins the … Continue reading
Posted in basketball, championship, Christianity, God's Love, inspirational, Jesus, NCAA Mens' Basketball, sovereignty of God, Sports, theology, truth
Tagged Baltimore Ravens, BCS National Championship Game, Colt McCoy, Division 1 College Basketball, Elite 8, Final Four, football championship, Frank Reich, Jesus, Kurt Warner, March Madness, Men's Hoops, Mens' Basketball Tournament, National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA Basketball, San Francisco Forty-Niners, Super Bowl, Sweet 16, Tennessee Titans
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We All Stumble In Many Ways!
“For we all often stumble and fall and offend in many things.” James 3:2 Amplified Bible (AMP) Truer words regarding the day-to-day condition of the believer have not been spoken! We all stumble. We all fall. We all offend. And we do so often! Furthermore, … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Christianity, God's Love, inspirational, Jesus, theology, truth
Tagged failing, faith, God, Grace, Jesus, Sin, sinning, stumbling, temptation, testing
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A Simple Discussion on the Sovereignty of God
A brother in Christ recently sent me this quote in an email to which I include my reply: Men choose their course by what seems to them a free will and they glory in the fact that they are wise … Continue reading
Posted in Arminianism, Calvinism, Christian Living, Christianity, free will, God's Love, inspirational, Jesus, sovereignty of God, theology, truth
Tagged Arminianism, Bible, Calvinism, Calvinist, Christianity, eternal life, free will, God, Jesus, salvation, Sovereignty
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A Lesson Learned From Tom White
Today, I was deeply saddened to learn that a man I admired for his passionate involvement in a Christian organization I whole-heartedly support passed away last week. That such a man would pass from this life at the relatively young … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Christianity, comfort, culture, God's Love, inspirational, Jesus, sorrow, suicide, Voice of the Martyrs
Tagged allegations against Tom White, Christian, God, Jesus, Martin Luther, Mighty Fortress Is Our God, Problem of Pain, Richard Wurmbrand, suicide, Tom White, Voice of the Martyrs
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Does It Matter When We Celebrate Easter? ( a re-post from April 2011)
It seems as if every Easter someone comes out of the woodwork to challenge the Christian tradition of Easter. In years past it has been Time magazine or some other liberal, anti-Christian rag who tries to stir up the faithful … Continue reading
Posted in blessedness, Christian Living, Christianity, God's Love, inspirational, Jesus
Tagged Crucifixion, Easter, God's Love, Resurrection of Jesus, The Passion
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A Love Letter Just In TIme For Valentines!
Have you ever written a love letter to someone you really care about? There is a deep well of emotional energy in us that causes us to want to express, in no uncertain terms, the depth of our undying love … Continue reading
Posted in blessedness, Christian Living, Christianity, God's Love, inspirational, Jesus, theology, truth
Tagged blessedness, God's Love, God's mercy, Jesus, love letter, love song, Song of Solomon, sons of God, Valentine Card, Valentine's Day
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The Baby Jesus: I AM Legend
Many of the unbelieving multitudes will be asking this time of year, either out loud or silently to themselves, why such a big deal is being made over Christmas and the birth of a baby in a middle-eastern manger over … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Christianity, Christmas, inspirational, Jesus, theology, truth
Tagged Bethlehem, Child Jesus, Christ Child, Christmas, God, God the Father, HolySpirit, I Am Legend, Jesus, Judaism, manger, Nativity of Jesus, religions of the world
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The Love Of Jesus Above All Things
We are well into the holiday season and the multitudinous holiday gatherings and gift shopping excursions are shifting into high gear. It is easy in the hustle and bustle of Christmastime, in the midst of the focus upon materialism and … Continue reading
Posted in Beatitudes, Christian Living, Christianity, Christmas, inspirational, Jesus, theology, truth
Tagged Christian persecution, Christmas, God, Gospel of Matthew, Imitation of Christ, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Lord, loving God, Peter
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Longingly Awaiting Our Adoption
I don’t know about you, but whenever I sin, I mean when I really blow it, that is the time when I feel my utter sinfulness within me. It causes me to groan. To become weary. To get discouraged. To … Continue reading
Create In Me A Clean Heart
“Create in me a clean heart, O God. And renew a steadfast spirit within me.” (Psalm 51:10) I woke up in a sweat with crushing chest pain at 4 AM last Sunday morning and was taken by my wife straight … Continue reading
The Beatitudes of Jesus (#8 1/2)
Beatitude #8 1/2- “Blessed are you when men cast insults at you, and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, on account of Me. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great, for … Continue reading
What’s In a Name Anyway?
Two days ago, an organization that I am very familiar with, announced that it is changing its name. The organization: Campus Crusade for Christ. The new name: Cru. Before I begin this discussion on the significance of this name change, … Continue reading
The Beatitudes of Jesus (#8)
Beatitude #8- “Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven” (from Matthew 5:10) This is the only two-part beatitude from the Sermon on the Mount, and the first where … Continue reading
The Beatitudes of Jesus (#5)
Beatitude #5- “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy” (from Matthew 5:7) Mercy is an attribute of God and God is its only source. Mercy withholds that which the offender deserves and is motivated out of love. “But … Continue reading
Posted in Beatitudes, blessedness, Christian Living, Christianity, culture, inspirational, Jesus, The Sermon on the Mount, theology, truth
Tagged blessedness, God's mercy, happiness, merciful, mercy
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The Beatitudes of Jesus (#7)
Beatitude #7-“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God” (from Matthew 5:9) What is a peacemaker and why is it that they are blessed and happy? And why are they, in particular, called sons of God, … Continue reading
Memorial Day Thoughts
I and my family just spent the better part of the day today attending a Memorial Day Tribute and touring the George H.W. Bush Gallery at the National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg, Texas. There were the presentations … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Christianity, comfort, Jesus, Memorial Day, truth, World War II
Tagged judgment, Memorial Day, New World Order, Pacific War, World War II
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The Beatitudes of Jesus (# 3)
Beatitude #3- “Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth” (from Matthew 5:5) The humble, the meek, the gentle shall inherit the earth. Though it is the proud and strong and rich that rule the earth now, when … Continue reading
The Beatitudes of Jesus (# 2)
Beatitude #2- “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted” (from Matthew 5:4) This is perhaps the most “upside-down” of the beatitudes; to be “happy” when you are mourning?! The reason for blessedness in mourning is found in … Continue reading
Posted in Beatitudes, blessedness, Christian Living, Christianity, comfort, inspirational, Jesus, mourning, sorrow, The Sermon on the Mount, theology, truth, Uncategorized
Tagged comfort, grief, happiness, Jesus, mourning, sorrow
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