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Cultural Mantras
Our modern culture is filled with short sayings, motivational quotes, and mantras
that sound wise and uplifting. For most, they are easy to remember, comforting
in times of stress, and often repeated as though they line up with truths we can
find in God’s word. But many of them do not come from God’s Word at all. Some
even actually contradict it. Paul warned in Colossians 2:8: “Beware lest anyone
cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of
men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ.”
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UNSCIENTIFIC?
(Craig Thomas)In my professional life I was blessed to have obtained advanced degrees (masters, doctorate) in the sciences. Psalm 111 contains a verse that is particularly important to the world of science. In verse 2 the psalmist writes: “The works of the Lord are great, Studied by all who have pleasure in them.” The overwhelming majority of so-called scientists in today’s world reject God. They also reject the Bible as a revelation of God’s mind and will. The words of…
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The Golden Mean
The Temple of Apollo at Delphi contained the inscription: “Nothing In Excess”
This is what Greek philosophers referred to as “The Golden Mean” – the virtuous
middle between two extremes. Aristotle gave as an example, “Courage is the
mean between cowardice and recklessness.”
More importantly to us, this avoidance of extremes is also a biblical principle,
found in both the Old and New Testaments. For example, Prov 30:8-9:
Give me neither poverty nor riches . . . lest I be full and deny Thee
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In The Beginning . . .
In his book, “12 Choices: Life-Changing Decisions You Must Make,” Wilson
Adams makes an observation about how the book of Genesis begins:
Isn’t it interesting how the Bible begins? One might expect Scripture to
lead off with a detailed explanation about God, His nature, and a
definitive apologetic as to why you should believe in Him. It doesn’t.
The Bible begins with an assumption: assuming that rational people will
grasp the obvious: a Supreme Being superior to man did all this!
Brother Adams’ point becomes all the more relevant when we compare the
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FAITH UNTO THE SAVING OF THE SOUL
(Jim McDonald)The writer of Hebrews admonished his readers: “For ye have need of patience in that, having done the will of God you may receive the promises. For in yet a very little while he that cometh will come and shall not tarry. But my righteous one shall live by faith and if he shrink back my soul hath no please in him. But we are not of them that shrink back unto perdition; but of…
