Month: June 2016
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REPENTING A SIN OF OMISSION
We want to praise the Lord for the wonderful things he does. We were praying for the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America as they were considering a public confession concerning racism, both during the time of Civil Rights and even up to today, and a commitment to struggle against it. In the…
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LET ME SEE YOUR TRUE COLORS
I’m about to go to a meeting and at this meeting there will be discussions going on about racism. This will be a rather significant meeting since it is the annual meeting of my denomination and the discussions are going to lead to various actions, reactions, and attitudes. What will be thought, said, or done…
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NO ONE GOES TO HELL ANYMORE, AT LEAST NOT IN PUBLIC.
I am fairly loath to ever make pronouncements as to whether or not someone who has just died has gone to hell. That decision is “above my pay-grade” as we used to say in the military. It is also out of my knowledge base or capacity to know someone’s dying prayer, or dying hope and faith. …