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What is sin?

What is sin?

Isn’t a “Relationship” with Jesus what I need?

August 22, 2024 0 Comments

Isn’t a “Relationship” with Jesus what I need? Yes, and no. The Bible never says that we need just some “relationship,” any “relationship” with Jesus. Instead, we are told of several specific relationships that involve people who know who they are, and who recognize the voice of Jesus and obey it.

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An important decision about my articles

August 22, 2024 0 Comments

The most important lesson of the last six months of my life is: to be who I am without reservation, without restraint. I’m a teacher, not a mushroom. And I participate in a Hispanic church. Therefore, I will write in Spanish first.

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Una decisión importante sobre mis artículos

August 22, 2024 0 Comments

La lección más importante de los últimos seis meses de mi vida es: ser quien soy sin reservas, sin contención. Soy maestro, no hongo. Participo en una iglesia hispana y ouedo escribir en español. Por eso, ahora voy a escribir primero en español.

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And I think I have problems?

August 20, 2024 0 Comments

God’s people had been ruled by God as their King. But they had forgotten him. Still, Samuel said to them, “And as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you.”

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¿Y creo que yo tengo problemas?

August 20, 2024 0 Comments

La gente de Dios le había sido gobernada por Dios como su Rey. Pero ellos le han olvidado. Quisieron un Rey “como todas las naciones”, no Dios. Aun así, Samuel les dijo: «y en cuanto a mí, lejos esté de mí que peque contra el Señor, cesando de orar por ustedes».

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God highly values reconciliation

August 16, 2024 0 Comments

God values conciliation very much. And the responsibility is mine, not yours. I can’t serve God while I know that you hold something against me.

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What Really Happened in the Garden

April 16, 2024 1 Comment

God created the first human, male and female, as a being like himself with whom he could share his life and his creation. But the disobedience of the first humans introduced shame, which drove them away from God and hindered them from agreeing with God about their sin and returning to him. This is always the effect of shame, which comes from us, not from God.

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Sin, Offense, Guilt and Shame–Definitions, God’s Work and the Social Order.

April 6, 2024 0 Comments

Defines the common sets of terms pertaining to sin, offense, guilt, shame and honor, with a discussion of God’s work and initial comments on the importance of their confusion in maintaining the social order.

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Part 7H: Is God Speaking? Determining Who is Speaking.

November 4, 2023 1 Comment

God gives us tests to use to determine whether a message we hear came from him or from somewhere else. Most of these tests apply regardless of whether the message comes from an internal voice or through the mouth or writings of another person who claims to speak for God. They start with the overarching test “do I recognize my Shepherd’s voice in what is said?”

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God’s Work and Voice in Me, Part 7F: To Speak or Not to Speak, that is the Question

October 30, 2023 1 Comment

If God is still speaking to us, why don’t we hear him more? This presentation reviews the reasons given in Scripture.

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