Fritz a wonderful lesson – and esp. reading has a flow I found encompassing. If only …….. yes we can…
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Tag: peaceable kingdom
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Lesson 17: Faith, Hope, and Love In Decision Making
Read MORE: Lesson 17: Faith, Hope, and Love In Decision MakingIt’s fine to speak of Christianity being unconditional love all the way down. It’s exhilarating to read St. Isaac of Syria write of even Hell being filled with God’s love. However, it is frustrating when various Christian groups totally disagree…
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What Does the Future Hold?
Read MORE: What Does the Future Hold?This is a paper I offered to the Adams County Torch Club on December 15. It prompted a lot of discussion. I found myself reminding people several times, “Now remember I am a Christian.” I have a feeling we shall…
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Lesson 11: The Resurrection of the Body and the Life Everlasting
Read MORE: Lesson 11: The Resurrection of the Body and the Life EverlastingThe creed ends with the affirmation that we shall share Jesus’ resurrection. Although there is some concern about when this will take place, there is agreement that Jesus’ resurrection appearances, as recorded in the Bible, indicate what ours shall be…
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Lesson 8: Sabbath as Promise, Not Just Memory
Read MORE: Lesson 8: Sabbath as Promise, Not Just MemoryAs I noted in the sixth lesson, most of us believe a primary element in a modern Sabbath life style would be worship in a Christian community once a week. At that time, I focused on “remembering” the stories from…
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Lesson 6: Sin in the Prophets
Read MORE: Lesson 6: Sin in the ProphetsThe prophets are obviously important. They wrote almost half of the Old Testament, 17 of the 39 books. They answer the critical question, “If we are God’s people, how come we suffer?”, claiming the people brought pain on themselves by…
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Lesson 12: Christmas Story as Salvation
Read MORE: Lesson 12: Christmas Story as SalvationI think “The Peaceable Kingdom” and “The New Jerusalem” might be the only detailed pictures of salvation in the Bible. Most of our conceptions have been pieced together from short illustrations. The Christmas Story is a perfect example. Matthew’s and…
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Lesson 11: The New Jerusalem as Salvation (Revelation 21-22)
Read MORE: Lesson 11: The New Jerusalem as Salvation (Revelation 21-22)If Isaiah’s Peaceable Kingdom is the most fleshed out picture of salvation in the Old Testament, certainly John’s New Jerusalem in Revelation 21 and 22 is the New Testament’s. The latter offers much the same promises as the former but…
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So forgiveness pre-requires understanding the mistakes of the past? here hear re this opposing this me-first, America-first, white-first, male-first approach>…
An extremely timely topic. Thanks, Fritz!