It is wise to remember to stick by your Friends no matter what … … and it is even more so to remember that your enemies are actually your most important Friends. But don’t just take my word for it … Listen to the following: “Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them […]
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“Rekindle the Gift of God that is within You … for God did not Give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather a Spirit of Power & of Love.” ~ author unknown (2 Timothy 1:6-7) What many fail to realize when reading this verse is that just because a Gift is truly given, does […]
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It is true that the Bible claims that Jesus said “I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me” in John 14:6 … Of course, what most Christians fail to understand (at least all the Christians I have personally met up to this point) is […]
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Newsflash: Despite what Paul the prophet-of-old and many modern day Christian preachers say to the contrary, it doesn’t matter if you have been baptized as a Christian … and it doesn’t matter if you devoutly say your prayers every night … and it doesn’t matter if you go to church every Sunday … and it […]
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To know the essence many call “God” is to feel a profound & unconditional LOVE for all beings — and to then act accordingly.
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In the Bible, Jesus’ first recorded miracle was turning water to wine — something more than a few folks have poked fun at in a number of admittedly amusing ways. Of course, what a lot of folks (Christians included) completely miss is one of the deeper (and certainly the most effective) meanings within this intriguing […]
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“And the second [of my commandments] is just like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.” ~ Jesus Christ (Matthew 22:39) Most folks already know that Jesus admonished us all to “Love our neighbors” – and yet what most folks don’t know is that Jesus defined “neighbor” only once in the entire Bible; and that when […]
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You know, Jesus never once said “worship me” anywhere in the Bible. Indeed, he often went out of his way to tell folks NOT to do so (see Matthew 7:21-22, Mark 10:18, Luke 4:8, John 5:22, John 6:15, John 8:50-54, John 12:44 et al) … What he DID tell folks to do was to FOLLOW […]
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“Truly I tell you, unless you change and become again like toddlers*, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Indeed, whoever becomes humble like this very young child* will even now become the greatest in the Kingdom.” ~ Jesus Christ (Matthew 18:3-4) *NOTE that the author of Matthew does not have Jesus […]
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Regardless of what might be said about the relative sins &/or merits of the Christian church, there is little doubt that its primary tenets come from the letters of Paul. And without delving into the easily provable Truth that Paul’s gospel (see 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 + Romans 10:9) was actually a self-made theology that directly […]
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Comments Off on Matthew 19:21 … Knowing your Prophets (08/03/16)
Actually, despite the vehemence of this meme — Jesus said nothing of the sort, and indeed often encouraged his followers to do exactly the opposite — to worry not about their material needs, to give more than they received, to make their lives about Love, to share of their Selves more than their stuff … […]
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