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Broken Part 4: Abandoned But Not Forgotten

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.  This process hurts, cutting deeply to the heart of our wants and desires until all that is left is nothing…
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Broken Part 3: The Restoration of Creation

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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Broken Part 2: Powerlessness Gives Way To Godly Power

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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Broken Part 1: Until Nothing Is Left But Everything

I hate when people talk about how Jesus loves our brokenness with a bright shining smile on their face.  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.  I guess, more aptly put, I hope that the particular season…
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Questions and Doubts 1: Questioning with Faith

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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