Confessions of a Heretic

There is ample evidence within the scriptures that the Kingdom has come already. That it is not so much a future event as it is a present-day reality. Let’s take a look at a few of the passages that support the idea that the Kingdom has already come.
And Jesus was saying to [...]

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Ok, so I’m going to revisit the prosperity gospel.  I’ve been doing a lot of thinking recently about the Gospel of the Kingdom.  The Gospel that Jesus preached.  He always told the people that the Kingdom of God was “at hand.”  Meaning that it was close by.
We’ve been taught that the Kingdom will come - [...]

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I used to be pretty anti-prosperity Gospel.  I never subscribed in a “poverty Gospel either,” but I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about the subject after reading the following (found here):
Anyone who knows me, knows of my disdain for the prosperity gospel. The people who preach this gospel are wolves in sheep’s clothing.  Watch this video [...]

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The other day as I was sitting in “church,” the thought came to me, “this just isn’t practical.” The message was on spending time with God early, every morning. The pastor talked about how important and vital to life this discipline was in becoming more than an overcomer.  But instead of feeling motivated to go [...]

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Tolerance is not approval.  What the world today is looking for is approval, not tolerance.  They have confused the two.
Tolerance is not saying that what someone does is ok, because some things just aren’t ok.  Tolerance is not saying that someone is right, because they could be wrong.  Tolerance is not saying that truth is relative, because [...]

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Ok, so we’re going to go back and visit Appeasement Theology, because it keeps popping up.  I was talking with a group of teens the other day about the exclusive claim of Jesus -that He was and is the only way to get into heaven, and it was received with mixed emotions.  Mainly that it [...]

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There is a line - I think.  Somewhere between faith and presumption.  When one is no longer standing in faith, but in presumption.  I’m not sure where the line starts to blur, but I know it’s there. 
For example,  I heard a story the other day of someone who had diabetes.  They believed that God was [...]

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Well, the time has come for me to take a little break from being here.  I am packing up and moving across the country, so I will be out of pocket for a couple of days.  So if you don’t see me or hear from me for a little while, now you know why!
God Bless!

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One day in the middle of the forest, somewhere in the eastern United States, various chemicals began collecting in a pool at the bottom of a huge cavern. As the weather began to change, a strong wind began to mix the chemicals thus causing a chemical reaction resulting in a black, bubbly liquid.
To further complicate [...]

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Imagine, if you will, going into a dark room and trying to gather up all of the darkness and push it out the door. Would you start in the darkest corner, and try to sweep all of the darkness out?  Or get a net and try to catch it all?  The images create a pretty [...]

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