1: YOUR EGO OR MINE? We all want others to feed our ego and our sense of self-worth. We all want to be flattered, admired and appreciated. But how many of us want to return the favor, particularly when that appreciation doesn’t pay us dividends in some way? Here lurks a most putrid of … Continue reading MIND BURP 11: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
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WHY THE CHRISTIAN GOSPEL IS OFFENSIVE
Some people are complaining that the Christian gospel offends them... (This post was first published over three years ago, and I felt it deserved another airing...) A very good friend of mine who isn't a professing Christian expressed his observation to me the other day that Christianity has a "bad press", and he suggested that this … Continue reading WHY THE CHRISTIAN GOSPEL IS OFFENSIVE
UTOPIAN PASSWORDS AND OTHER OXYMORONS
I’m writing to you from my bed today... No, I’m not ill, but when I attempted to get out of bed this-morning the “Start the Day” software prompted me to enter my “Get out of Bed” password, but I couldn’t remember it, and it wouldn’t let the sheets roll back. I couldn’t remember the … Continue reading UTOPIAN PASSWORDS AND OTHER OXYMORONS
TWO AND TWO MAKE FIVE!
“Two and two make five…If everybody believes it, does that make it true?” (Winston O'Brien-1984) “The Islamic State is not Islamic” (President Obama) “Truth is stranger than fiction” (Mark Twain) http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/09/11/obama-says-the-islamic-state-is-not-islamic-americans-are-inclined-to-disagree/# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_%2B_2_%3D_5
ARE ALL RELIGIONS WORSHIPPING THE SAME GOD?
We Bible believers are commonly confronted with aggressive arguments against our monotheism, and yet we're also told that all religions are worshipping the same God... (EYEPHONE: "Spinoff" Evergreens +) The logic goes like this: “There are many different gods in the world, and many different philosophies, therefore it’s wrong to try to claim that your idea of God … Continue reading ARE ALL RELIGIONS WORSHIPPING THE SAME GOD?




