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Last night at Sola, (our student ministry) in honor of Valentine's Day this weekend, we decided to take a look at God's design and purpose for romance. After the sermon, we let students anonymously text in questions they had about love, dating, marriage and romance. However, in our short 15 minutes we had, we were unable … Continue reading Dating Q&A: How do I know that I love someone?
We sat across from one another outside a Starbucks on a sunny Spring day. She held a hand over her eyebrows, like a make-shift visor, blocking out the sun that was shining in her eyes. It was a gorgeous day, but I was sweating, and not because it was too hot. I was trying to … Continue reading Let’s Talk: Dating
This is an excerpt from U2's lead frontman, Bono's self-titled book, Bono: In Conversation With Michka Assayas. The two are in the middle of discussing the spectrum of different religions, and Bono notes the main difference: Assayas: I think I am beginning to understand religion because I have started acting and thinking like a father. What do you … Continue reading Bono, Grace and Karma
Many people say, "Sure, I believe that Jesus is a great teacher, but I can't believe what they say about him being God." That creates a problem, because his teaching is based on his identity claim...Here is how historian N.T. Wright puts it: "How can you live with the terrifying thought that the hurricane has … Continue reading The Hurricane Has Become Human
One of the many indictments brought against those who affirm the doctrines of grace (the five points of Calvinism) is that it makes prayer unnecessary. Why pray if God has already predestined everything to happen? Doesn't prayer make much more sense with a God who is less controlling than the God of Calvinism? John Piper … Continue reading Why Do Calvinists Pray? (Video)
The sermon on the mount may be the most famous teaching in all of the Bible, second maybe only to the 10 commandments. Ghandi carried the sermon on the mount with him wherever he went, believing that it was the sketch of what the perfect society would look like. Whenever a non-Christian speaks of admiring … Continue reading The Golden Rule (Sermon Transcript)
We have come from God, and inevitably the myths woven by us, though they contain error, will also reflect a splintered fragment of the true light, the eternal truth that is with God. Indeed, only by myth-making, only by becoming a “sub-creator” and inventing stories, can Man aspire to the state of perfection that he … Continue reading Why Stories Were So Important to Tolkein
Marc Sims 