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One Love
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|  Posted 12/24/2011 11:40 AM (GMT -6) |   | |
"The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel"--which means, "God with us."
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Similitude
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One Love
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| Posted 12/25/2011 12:18 PM (GMT -6) | | Just another thought.
How can Jesus NOT be Lord, y'all?
What other human has caused such controversy, even NOW?
Seriously!
Think of Jesus' historical roots.
What is the amount of possibility that a little boy from Nazareth would so capture the attention of the world.
See the December 25 covers of these online mags...
BBCNews
Huffington Post
CNN
Seriously..giving Jesus' historical background and death...what are the odds that ANYONE should be talking about him right now AT ALL?
HOW CAN THIS NO-NAME JESUS NOT BE CLAIMED TO BE EXALTED BY GOD????
“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!”
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner. Post Edited (One Love) : 12/25/2011 11:34:32 AM (GMT-6) | | Back to Top | | |
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BBBCanada
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| Posted 12/25/2011 1:48 PM (GMT -6) | | This reminds me of the Gospel and why I believe it must be true:
Also, I think this should be resurrected: Spiritual warfare and the nativity
Brandon
Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.--Saint Augustine
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BBBCanada
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|  Posted 12/26/2011 1:47 PM (GMT -6) | | | The photo is real. No superimposed picture upon another or staged or anything like that. This was from the Vancouver riots this past year when the Vancouver Canucks lost the Stanley Cup in game 7. Here's the story behind the picture that highlights my thoughts and feelings about the Gospel--a couple "caught in a passionate embrace while riot chaos surrounded them...The captivating image was the one bright spot in an otherwise dismal event..."
This is the Gospel--the Good News.
Brandon
Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.--Saint Augustine
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One Love
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| Posted 12/26/2011 2:49 PM (GMT -6) | | I'm really feelin' that, Brandon.
Christmastime thought.
The baby born in a manger to Mary and Joseph so long ago in Bethlehem is the God-Exalted Lord of All Creation, who is very God himself and my most intimate friend...today and eternally.
Only a true person of Christian faith could say that with any inner integrity, I think.
That would catch all kinds of Protestants, Roman Catholics, Eastern and Oriental Orthodox, etc. What if we just made a simple affirmation statement like THAT to show where people stood? If a person could say this truthfully, it would be proper to consider that one a genuine brother or sister in Christ, regardless of denominational affiliation.
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner. Post Edited (One Love) : 12/26/2011 1:55:31 PM (GMT-6) | | Back to Top | | |
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BBBCanada
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| Posted 12/26/2011 4:03 PM (GMT -6) | | Dawkins says:
"In a universe of electrons and selfish genes, blind physical forces and genetic replication, some people are going to get hurt, other people are going to get lucky, and you won't find any rhyme or reason in it, nor any justice. The universe that we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but pitiless indifference."
So that's all we have. Nothing but pitiless indifference? Riotous chaos? If thats all we've got? Then we're screwed. I mean, I don't get it. I don't get all the stories that seem like fairytales in the Bible. I don't get what to take as historically accurate and what not to and what this means for my trusting scripture as being true to do what it is set out to do--to save me. But because THIS is the Gospel--this hope? Then call me a dreamer. Like Will McFarlane sang back in the 80's, "Call me a dreamer and that may be true but you can be dreaming like I'm dreaming too." If I have to choose between Dawkins "pitiless indifference" and McFarlane's dream? I'll take McFarlane's dream.
Brandon
Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.--Saint Augustine
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