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Here's my advice to you about faith: Unless you see it…don't believe it. Okay, on the surface, that sounds like it flies directly in the face of what most

What is a real Christian? Is it someone who is just not "bad" -- the classic Good Person or Nice Guy? I don't think so. If we take Jesus

wicked |'wikid| adjective 1. evil or morally wrong; intended to or capable of harming someone or something Parable of the Bad Samaritan Jesus said: "A man was walking down Main

It's probably true that most people would think in terms of opposites here. Most likely, faith would be seen as located on one extreme end of the spectrum,

by Joshua Eric Murray "YOU THINK THIS PLACE CAN HOLD ME?!" That's a line a magician says in the movie The Prestige when he’s getting hauled off to jail in

Ignorance and faith just don't go together. If fact and evidence play so important a role in Christian faith, then it follows that there really can't be "ignorant

For those who remember, Easter is the time we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. It's not the time for bunnies, college vacation on the beach, or highlighting the

Matthew 27:15-24 A Modern Spin on Jesus Before Pilate Now it was that the elders got together to hear what the complainers had to say and to decide what to

We hear a lot these days about "blind faith." But can faith really be blind? Not if it's fact-based. And it seems that it’s not possible to "take

Achievement vs. Sacrifice Living in an achievement-oriented society I suppose it's inevitable that we would end up in an achievement-oriented church culture. We want (demand) success in our

Today begins what we call "Holy Week." For those of us who don't really get the significance of this week, let's summarize the three major events in the