At the beginning of this series, I said I hate the saying that God loves our brokenness. Mainly because the feeling of brokenness and God purifying our soul through the work of the Holy Spirit. Â This process hurts, cutting deeply to the heart of our wants and desires until all that is left is nothing…
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With the thoughts of brokenness and emptiness we can easily seem to think that we are at the center of the Universe’s attention.  This isn’t to trivialize our struggles, for they are indeed very difficult.  Our brokenness is a real brokenness.  In the larger scheme of the world and in creation, we see a larger brokenness that…
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At the beginning of creation, we were made to have dominion over the world.  We were made to rule over the creation that God had given to those who bore the divine image of God. Being made in the image of God granted us the rights and authority from God.  We were given the task of…
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I hate when people talk about how Jesus loves our brokenness with a bright shining smile on their face. Â Probably this isn’t the most Christian thing to say but it bothers me. Personally, I have been through seasons in which God was breaking me. Â I guess, more aptly put, I hope that the particular season…
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Short and simple, we all have our doubts.  None of us are immune from doubts.  We, as finite beings who do not know everything, will not always have the answers for the questions of our faith.  The most clear example of this is seen in Matthew 28:16-17 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain…
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To be completely honest, dinosaurs provide a stumbling block to my faith.  We have these massive bones of animals said to exists millions of years ago yet there is the other belief, among evangelicals mainly, that the early is only roughly 6000 years old.  Having looked at the evidence, I am not entirely convinced.  Where are dinosaurs…
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At the core of our salvation is the Love Jesus Christ poured out for us on the cross as he took the penalty of our sin upon himself and then rose from the dead to usher us into eternity.  We did not earn it.  We cannot do enough good things to outweigh the debt in our…
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I think deep down I struggle with the idea of grace.  I want to be able to earn grace because at that point, when I don’t get it, I at least would understand why.  Yet, I see the imperfections of my life and see all the things I have done wrong and the message from God…
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In Joss Whedon’s 2005 space adventure, Serenity, a crew of what can best be described as “space cowboy pirates” finds themselves in a situation of needing to abandon their own self preservation instincts to run in order to protect those they care about as well as the rest of the galaxy. Â When everything is over,…
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