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Anabaptists and Anti-Semitism

In my quest for truth over the years I have frequented various Churches and associated with those of different belief systems. I have gradually gravitated towards the Anabaptists because of their sacred history and persecution. I suppose that I fell more in love with their history than I have with the present-day Anabaptists who appear […]

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Satan’s Sweet Song of Seduction

from Milton’s Paradise Lost “Nor more; but fled Murmuring, and with him fled the shades of night.” Close at mine ear one call’d me forth to walkWith gentle voice, I thought it thine; it said,Why sleepst thou Eve? now is the pleasant time,The cool, the silent, save where silence yieldsTo the night-warbling Bird, that now awakeTunes sweetest his love-labor’d song; now reignesFull Orb’d the Moon, and […]

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Is Our Righteousness as Filthy Rags?

It is very common for Christians to believe that God accepts them because of their righteousness of works and good deeds. Consequently, new Christians are taught or led to believe that they “must” do good deeds to be accepted by God, but is this correct? God accepts us despite our inability to satisfy His righteous […]

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Christian Freedom, A Pretext?

Christian Freedom, A Pretext? What is a pretext? A pretext is an accepted reason (a lie or trick) given to justify a course of action that is not the real reason. Freedom, as commonly defined by both the Church and the world, is, by definition, not freedom at all, but rather a pretext. As many […]

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The Great Gift: Salvation

The god of this world has deceived everyone (And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world) Rev. 12, 2 Corinthians 11:3-4, John 5:19, 1 Tim. 4:1. No single person can stand before God and declare that they “understand.” Deception is universal. No one […]

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A Haven Called Heaven

Beneath the sky’s expanding pleas, A man on a dock stands by the sea. The weathered wood has memories stored, And whispers its tales of a time before. Sunset hues paint a watery face, On my canvas of warm and welcome grace. Seagulls sing, in a chorus with ease, As the man on the dock […]

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A Recollection

Listening to sad music and looking back in time; it seems so long ago. With a powerful attraction and a melancholy sadness, a sorrowful spirit transported a troubled and questioning heart to a place far away. All the voices said go, “Go away to a place I will show you,” so I went. Could this […]

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Desire Is Prophetic

Beneath the moon’s soft, silver glow, A soul sits on a highway, lost in woe. The desolate desert stretches far and wide, As shadows dance in the ebbing tide. The road stretches, a desolate sea, Echoing the ache of a heart’s disease. Yellow lines, like whispered pleas, Lead to horizons offering no peace. Stars above, […]

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Martyrdom, A Word Christians Fear Today

You don’t have to be Catholic to be a martyr. As I was researching the subject for this article I noticed that overwhelmingly the references were to Catholic priests and saints. Let me be clear from the start, you do not have to be Catholic to be a martyr. On the contrary, the definition of […]

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Christians For Violence

It is undeniable that many Christians are passionate people and uncompromising, incapable of any moderation, even toward gross violence. Confessing to follow the peaceful Lamb, they resist not the need to return harm for harm or soothe their patriotic fever to win some treasured position. For these people love is only theoretical, which they refuse […]