What would you call the slaughter of 48.5 million innocent babies?
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I often hear people (mostly gayfolk, but these days a lot of folks have taken up the “agenda”) say,
“I was born gay. There’s nothing I can do to change it.”
Most evangelicals I know, myself included, counter this with “nope, sorry, it really is a choice” and engage in dialogue - each person beginning from their [...]
As I muse what sort of church Level Cross might need… a different sort of church, one that reaches people that aren’t currently being reached… I’m contemplating all of the kids that I know who are probably, right now, drunk on cough syrup as they wait for their folks to get home from work. It’s [...]
My chains are gone
I’ve been set free
My God, my Savior has ransomed me
And like a flood His mercy reigns
Unending love, Amazing grace
- Chris Tomlin (Amazing Grace/My Chains Are Gone)
full lyrics hereÂ
A recent Fox News Article detailed how Darlene VanderGiesen’s mother forgave the woman who brutally murdered her daughter.
This story is amazing, both because of the brutality of the murder (Daphne Wright, the killer, dismembered Darlene’s body with a chainsaw) and because of the level of forgiveness. Dee VanderGeisen says that God helped the family forgive [...]
“…we hear many of the brethren in the church who have prophetic gifts, and who speak in tongues through the Spirit, and who also bring to light the secret things of men for their benefit [word of knowledge]…” Irenaeus (ca. 130-202)
“When God saw it necessary, and the church prayed and fasted much, they did miraculous [...]