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Read Part II: Hanukkah & the God-Man “We are not human beings on a spiritual journey; we are spiritual beings on a human journey.” – Frank Burns, Pastor, South Shore Community Church The history of Hanukkah is an amazing story of devotion to God by His people in the midst of apostasy and oppression (see…
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Read Part 1: Hanukkah Blessings: a Christian Celebration If you’re like me then you never really gave much thought to the connection between Jesus and Hanukkah. The Jewish Festival of Lights often seemed to me to be little more than another winter holiday that had no bearing on my own life. However, in recent years…
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Today is Wednesday 17, December 2014. For most Christians in this country (USA), today marks 9 days until Christmas. Only 9 days of shopping left before the big day! However today also marks the first day of Hanukkah, commonly considered the Jewish Christmas-alternative. But Hanukkah is so much more than another not-Christmas holiday. It has…
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Happy Thanksgiving from Ancient Abandon!
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Click here to read part 1 I’ve heard Hozier’s Take Me to Church in a number of places in recent days and it’s been on my mind a lot. The song is amazingly well-written but I am troubled by the message of the song for two reasons. It offers, yet another, insight into why non-Christians…
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A quick reflection on the struggles with perfectionism and self-reliance.
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Originally posted on The Domain for Truth: See Part 1 Recall that the first post in this series was originally a comment I made on a friend’s blog responding to an nonbeliever who tries to argue that the early Christians were Communists. The same nonbeliever replied back to my friend concerning the content of my original…
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Originally posted on The Domain for Truth: There was some discussion on a friend’s blog responding to a nonbeliever’s assertion that Acts 5 demonstrate that the early Christians were Communists. Acts 5:1-16 is the passage concerning Ananias and Sapphira. I’ve reproduced my comment here with slight editorial change: I think the fact that Acts 5 still acknowledged…
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Praying for our leaders.
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A quick consideration and response to a post by hessianwithteeth.
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