Posts Tagged by sacrifice
On the Necessity of Jesus’ Sacrifice for our Sins
| February 28, 2012 | Posted by Anthony under apologetics, Blog, Jesus, original sin, spirituality, theology |
I had an interesting email exchange about a month ago concerning whether or not it was ‘necessary’ for Jesus to atone for humanity’s sins by the shedding of his blood. In some follow up conversation, we talked about different ways of looking at the question, turning on the word ‘necessary.’ As I recall, ‘free-will’ was…
Carry on My Wayward Son – Congressman Anthony Weiner
| June 13, 2011 | Posted by kathym under General |
I’ve written it before and I’m writing it again. As life around me has become complex, the remedy for the complexities have become simple: trust in the Lord with all your heart. This has brought great peace and joy to me as I’ve learned in a very pro-active and productive environment that I am not…
Three words Christians abuse: church, worship, love
| August 19, 2010 | Posted by Anthony under Blog, Christianity and Culture, General, homosexuality, Jesus, Love, morality, spirituality, theology |
The title of this post does not do the matter justice. The word ‘abuse’ is too mild, and it might be even more accurate to say that in actual fact the sweeping trend within Christendom is that there is outright plain ignorance on what these terms mean. The charge only matters at all to those…
tickling ears or touching hearts?
| March 24, 2010 | Posted by kathym under General, Love |
Everyone wants to be valued. Everyone wants to be accepted. It’s the way we’re wired. God values us. God accepts us. He’s the one that did the wiring. Yet, we, the very proponents of the Good News can fall prey to defining and confining with conditional love (which isn’t really love as defined in 1…
Madagascar and Unconditional Love versus Romantic Love
| December 8, 2008 | Posted by Anthony under Blog, General |
Last night I went and saw Madagascar II with my wife and kids. Though there were a couple of things that were over the top they were fortunately things my kids didn’t think twice about. Still, wish they wouldn’t do that. Anyway, there was this one scene that got me thinking. The scene is where hunk hippo Moto Moto is asked by New York Girl hippo Gloria ‘Why do you like me?”
How about some background first?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsV1zxRuOOA
I will contend that the right answer to “Why do you love me?” is “For no reason at all.” This is in fact the answer I gave to my girlfriend in college, with predictable results.
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