tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18609040099094630982024-11-08T11:06:45.952-05:00There are so MANY myths and false traditions associated with God that it is no wonder people have doubts. Christians have often been the worst offenders of soiling the very concept of a loving God. In this BLOG we debunk the myths, answer the tough questions, and reconnect with change in the real world - ours. My WEB Site - http://www.KristianEnterprises.com/Kristian Nelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01512570982092493543noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1860904009909463098.post-30911026404934783652010-01-15T00:23:00.004-05:002010-10-02T19:10:24.275-04:00

The 2 scariest words in the English language I find are “unholy still”. The full quote is “let him who is unholy be unholy still.” These words are uttered by our Savior at world’s end. The text reveals that evil has a time limit. It is on a schedule for termination, and those who embrace it will go down with it. Considering that at this moment in time I am “unholy”, then am I doomed to be “unholy

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This past week our nation was visited by the new Pope. In a world of 24 hours news networks based on a profit-centered mentality, this was “front-page-news.” I do agree that the Pope is a world-renowned spiritual leader and his visitation to our country is noteworthy. But I wonder why visits by the Dali Lama, or various Jewish Rabbi’s, and Muslim Clerics are not given equal news attention as the

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It is Easter weekend again and while various celebrations go on around the world in the form of Passover, the Christian Easter celebration, and bunny’s with eggs (an old fertility ritual having nothing to do with Christianity), it calls to my mind where the road finally leads. The pursuit of good and the pursuit of evil are both roads we travel on the highway of life, but seldom do we consider

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Just say words like Columbine, Ft. Hood, and even here in Orlando this week and the mind can quickly conjure up some image of a crazy gun nut shooting anyone he can find. The news media calls it Rampage Killings as if in a moment of sheer rage a person begins to kill anyone around them. But that is not really the whole story is it? The next invariable question is – why. The viewer needs to know

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Scripture asks us to put on “the whole armor of God” but I do not believe it is our job to war with the world, with each other, or with evil. I believe our enemy stares us in the face when looking in the mirror. To fight the good fight of faith is to learn to yield, learn to submit our will to the greater will of our loving Father, Savior, and Lord. But defeating me takes more than I thought it

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We have talked extensively about how to reduce the pain of evil in your life. This pain is caused by the actions you take, the behavior you have been addicted to, or the patterns you simply could not conquer on your own. It is all self-inflicted pain. But there is a second kind of pain that invades your life. It is every bit as big and ugly as the pain you have struggled with from inside, but

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“There is nothing new under the sun.” One of the wisest men in the world uttered these words almost three thousand years ago; and while Space Shuttles, the Internet, and mobile phones might tend to offer evidence to the contrary in the physical world, where it comes to the characters of men, he remains correct. The same strengths, the same weaknesses; we are consistent creatures if nothing else.

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Is there a difference between Hope and Delusion? Aren’t they more or less the same - Ignoring the facts about a situation in order to feel better about it? The non-believer will challenge hope based in spirituality as self-delusion based in superstition. How does one combat that logic, should they even try. The basic problem in this instance traces back to marketing. You see many of us begin to

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No peace is possible without compromise. We tend to reject the idea of compromising our values, or the truths to which we cling, therefore peace with evil seems unlikely. But are there times when two people disagree over what truth is, when a compromise might be the best solution? Fundamentalists think not. Extremists think not. Where should the servants of God fall in this area? The problem with

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There are times when almost all the choices you face seem to be of one nature of evil or another. The concept of “little white lies” stems from the idea it is better to tell someone what they want to hear than to tell them what we really think. After all, what woman really wants to hear that she DOES look fat in that dress? Or how do you tell your mom that her apple pie is not quite as good as

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Sounds bad, doesn’t it? - The idea that humanity in its present state is nothing more than a collection of addicts, how depressing. But those who have been acquainted with God for a while, and begin to see the wisdom of choosing right for their lives, are invariably puzzled by some of their own behavior. In short, we know that choosing good is what we should do in a given circumstance, but this

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There is quite a debate in this country about whether marijuana should be legalized. The basic arguments stem from the idea that this drug is no more harmful to you than is that of alcohol, or for that matter, cigarettes in general. So many people in our world crave the escape of getting high, whether to turn away from problems or just as a way to really “feel good” when nothing else seems to

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To see evil in a proper light is to understand its proximity to cancer. Often evil is masked with momentary highs, lapses in judgment, and a marketing campaign that encourages risk and danger as key ingredients of life – all the while selling Russian roulette with only one empty chamber (odds don’t look good). But therein is the point, when we finally realize what evil is in our lives, its

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There are sins we hide from others because we know they are wrong, and we want to avoid the embarrassment of being discovered in wrong doing. Public humiliation is something we want to avoid, so our ‘pet’ sin is kept hidden. At least in this situation the wrong doing is understood and evident. Were it to be revealed in the light-of-day we would stand convicted, embarrassed, and just as guilty.

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Pop quiz question for you … what is the most effective way to focus the human mind away from things that would ennoble it, alter brain chemistry until it is powerless to resist, and institute a cycle of degradation that can be more overwhelming than a black hole? Drugs or chemical dependencies like Alcohol maybe? Nope. I am talking about something more insidious, more subtle, and much more

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Yes the next installment of the Star Wars saga was released today albeit in animated format. Critics will muse this may not be George Lucas’ best work, fans may see it regardless. But I was wondering if perhaps in no small way, George has captured the imagination of believers and non-believers alike in his saga related to the all powerful Force. The story (again only fiction) claims a sort of

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Ever heard one of those seemingly unanswerable questions like … how many Angels can dance on the head of a pin? Or perhaps, could there ever be a question God could not answer? Well, the answer to the first one might be “as many as want to”, but an answer to the second one is a bit more tricky. For if God is ALL-knowing and infallible, then how could He be presented with a Mystery too great for

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The core argument raised against the character of God since the inception of evil itself has been the positioning of the concept of obedience. If to obey is required to live then does this not make God a dictator? Demanding obedience on pain of death, even eternal death, has been a rod used to beat the downtrodden into submission. But submission to who? Does God require obedience and offer death

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Definition #1: Michael Moore making a small fortune from a film decrying the financial model that will in fact enrich him. Yes today was the release of the movie “Capitalism, A Love Story” by the documentary film mogul Michael Moore. Michael does an excellent job showing how the definition of Capitalism has changed over the last sixty years. Capitalism has gone from being associated with hard

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We have discussed in prior posts the concept of blaming God for things that happen to us rather than accepting personal responsibility. We came to the conclusion that “bad” things happening to “good” people is a myth. Most “things” that happen to us are a natural consequence of our own actions and as for being “good”, none of us really are. Being a Christian is not a guarantee against pain and

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So why are we not in a state of perfection, what happened to us that we find ourselves in these surroundings, instead of a world without evil? The simple answer is broken trust, but we will examine that a bit further. To set the scene you must remember that we were created in perfection. Adam and Eve walked daily with our Creator God who communed with them in the evenings. He setup a weekly day

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This week a favorite comedian of mine Lewis Black launched the premier of his new show entitled “The Root of all Evil” on Comedy Central’s network. The premise is simple. A mock debate is held examining two things from our culture (this week it was the Catholic Church vs. Oprah Winfrey), to determine which one better represents the “root of all evil”. At the show’s conclusion, Lewis makes the

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A box is a handy lightweight container we use to put things in to move them from place to place, or perhaps to store them for a while. The idea of a box was a great one; then it infected our thinking, and now more of us seem to live out our entire lives in boxes of one form or another. No, I’m not just talking about those of us whose “stuff” exceeds our natural ability to find a place for it, and

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The song asks, and then retorts, “just a slob like one of us” … It is good for us to understand the lengths that Christ went to on our behalf, how much He was tempted like we are, suffered like we do, even died like one of us albeit He was tortured to death and eventually died of a literal broken heart. In many ways Christ was more human than us. But to attempt to put boundaries around Him, that

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It is becoming almost a foreign concept. We live with so much violence that surrounds us; wars, and rumors of wars; fighting – to survive, to get ahead, to get what we are ‘owed’; our lives are made up of conflict after conflict after conflict. Does the concept of peace ever materialize in our lives? Is it still possible to relax, unwind, let down our guard, and just take a moment to enjoy peace

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