Dear Spambot

I am not surprised you are “having trouble with the RSS feed of this blog in Google Reader.”  It is impossible to even run Google Reader now, so I didn’t need a great mind to know your comment was fraudulent. 🙂

Best regards
Jon

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Romans 1:32 and Homosexuality

In this final post in this series on homosexuality, I’d like to focus on two sometimes-overlooked aspects of the last verse of Romans 1 in relation to this particular sin.

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Romans 1 and Christian Errors on Homosexuality (part four)

“I just can’t help it, I can’t quit.”  Sometimes those who commit homosexual sins will say this — and sometimes Christians, in responding, completely miss part of what Romans 1 is telling us about this sin.

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The Sun, the Light

Man is the sun of the world; more than the real sun. The fire of his wonderful heart is the only light and heat worth gauge or measure. 
– John Ruskin

But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings….
– Jehovah of hosts, the Almighty God (Malachi 4:2)

I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
– Jesus Christ (John 8:12)

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Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
– the apostle Paul (Romans 1:22-23)

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Romans 1 and Christian Errors on Homosexuality (part three)

The Bible tells us in Romans 1 that homosexual sin is “against nature” — but the way “nature” is used in modern language causes some confusion, among both Christians and unbelievers (including those who commit homosexual sins).  The result is that these verses in Romans 1 are sometimes misunderstood.

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Romans 1 and Christian Errors on Homosexuality (part two)

In this post, I’d like to address perhaps the most common mistake Bible-believing Christians make in discussions with those who commit homosexual sins — the question of “choice”.

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Faith: the Present, the Future

Faith . . .

 carries present loads,

meets present battles,

feeds on present promises, and

commits the future to a faithful God!

– Theodore Cuyler (1822-1909)

Excerpted from “Strength for Today

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