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Tag: Believe

Your Own Emotions Have Cut You Off from Us

3 Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; 4 do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others. 5 Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, dbr, mythoughts, thoughtsofgod, thoughts of God

Most, if not all creeds, mark a clear point when a group, large or small, separated into its own group/division. Comparing one creed to the creed before it, on the same branch, we can see what the points of contention were between different believing groups.

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Fooled – Kierkegaard – Relation Between Truth and Belief

There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true. Søren Kierkegaard, Thoughts of God, thoughtsofGod.com, David Reese

There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true. Søren Kierkegaard, Thoughts of God

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Is Your Life a Run Away Train?

Is Your Life a Run Away Train? David Reese, thouhtsofgod, thoughts of God, mythoughts, David Reese

The other day I had the television on in the background while I listened to The History of Christian Theology. The movie on television was the The Lone Ranger with Johnny Deep and Armie Hammer. Not usually a movie that would interest me, but I left it on. Like many good westerns, the original Lone […]

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Recognition of Authority: A Greater Faith

Recognition of Authority: A Greater Faith, mythoughts, thoughtsofgod, thoughts of God

In the end the centurion not only believed that Christ could heal, that Christ would have compassion on his servant, that Christ had power over other messengers gifted with the required faith and abilities.

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Sales or Marketing: How Should the Church Function?

Should the mission of the church be more akin to a sales model or a marketing model? mythoughts, thoughts of God, David Reese

Our task is to yield to the Spirit in such a way as to display the “Imago Dei”, image of God in us. It is Christ who attracts. It is God’s work that we believe.

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