Randall Stephens I just attended a wonderful session at the 2010 Conference on Faith and History here at George Fox University, south of Portland, OR. This year’s program contains a wide range of panels and plenary sessions. See it here
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Mormonism and Historical Thought at the CFH
In my last post , I went over the idea that “We are not saved by law, we are saved by grace through the shed blood of the Messiah.” I focused on what was left unsaid. I see that this reasoning is perfect, but it’s not really the true belief of Armstrongism. This time I would like to move forward and hit on repentance, from the Armstrongist perspective.
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Without Law There Is No Sin
Delaware GOP Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell told the Christian Broadcasting Network last week that that she believes it was God plan for her to campaign and ultimately, to win: “God continued to strengthen and empower us when, you know, His strength is perfected in our weakness. And that’s what’s exciting because you see, that if it weren’t for faith, when all logic said it’s time to quit, we pursued. We marched on because we knew…Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.
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Electing God’s plan?
Manifestation of intention through visualisation in theosophy Sep 06, 2010 09:50 am I’m very glad to note that Pablo Sender had an article published in The Theosophist about a topic that’s VERY relevant to today’s world. Since he always gives me permission to publish his articles on my site, I just did.
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Visualisation, Auroville, Spiritual Teachings, Zen Quotes, Sufism and more
The Pew Forum has done it again with their latest in a series of polls that show the dumbification of America. Just when we think this country is full of Kumbaya singers, universal proselytizers and everyone reading the same page on religion, we discover that people of faith, in essence… can’t friggin’ read! Or if
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Sure I believe in God, but what’s a Bible?
‘Mindfulness, the heart of Buddhist meditation, is at the core of being able to live life as if it really matters. It has nothing to do with Buddhism.
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Fully experiencing the present: a practice for everyone, religious or not
At a campaign stop in Albuquerque, the president responds to a question about his faith by saying ‘the precepts of Jesus Christ spoke to me in terms of the kind of life that I would want to lead.’ ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — President Obama said Tuesday that he is a “Christian by choice” and that his decision was influenced by gospel teachings about salvation and the importance of loving one another.
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Obama says he’s Christian ‘by choice’
The faithful were not as knowledgeable about different religions in survey.
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Atheists and Agnostics Score Best in Religion Poll
The recent scare over a missing Palmdale church group reflects the continuing belief in the end times, especially amid feelings of desperation. Religious leaders prophesying a date for the apocalypse have always faced a unique challenge to their credibility: Everyone who’s tried that before has turned out to be wrong
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Failure doesn’t stop predictions of the apocalypse
He arrives in the UK on 16th September 2010 on a state visit paid for, in the main, by UK taxpayers. Why isn’t the British public up in arms about a criminal being lauded and paraded on a state visit? I cannot write about this charade any better than Christopher Hitchens, so here is an extract from a piece he wrote in ‘Slate’ entitled: ‘ A Call for Earthly Justice : Holding the Catholic Church accountable for it’s crimes’: ” As if almost timed to coincide with its publication, and with the impending arrival of Ratzinger on British soil, the