Davy Crockett of LCG recently posted the commentary “Sticks and stones“. It is a worthwhile read, as our society has become more “in your face” and downright rude over time. Long held values of civility seem to have been lost in the current age of the Internet and Fox News….
13Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread. 14And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare…
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There are certain topics, just in case you haven’t noticed, that get me going. Why? Well, for starters, because they are not in the Bible. Take the doctrine of eternally burning hell, for example. That teaching just is not in the Bible. It misrepresents God and distorts one’s image of…
I am always amazed at the willingness for people to take verses out of context in order to justify their positions. How often then do they stretch it to the breaking point to another logical fallacy? Before I launch into what fruit is not, perhaps first I should give you…
United Church of God, an International Association, (UCGia or UCG for short) seems to be continuing towards more transparency by posting open letters from the President on Inside United: Realtime. While President Clyde Kilough certainly did a lot that brought more of an awareness to the membership as in regards…
7 If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it." ~ Ge 4:7 (NIV) I write a lot of governing yourself, aka mastering…
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According to a post both on Facebook and the UCG Current Crisis blog, Lauro Roybal has filed an appeal and also charges the UCG COE with unethical behavior. Most of the post, ironically, is actually from the UCG “Policy For Suspension and Expulsion From the General Conference of Elders”, with…
22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. ~ Gal 5:22-23 (NIV) It amazes me whenever people point to booklets, magazines, telecasts, websites and the like and say, “Look at the fruit!” Yet, the…