BF3 Is Addictive.
Birdcage Theater edition of Furtick’s “Hey Haters”
Biblical Answers for Queer Questions
A gay friend of mine died recently. A couple of people asked me, if he and his partner are Christians, will he go to Heaven??? Because their thinking is they have accepted Jesus as Lord and Savior and Jesus forgives all sin, we all sin… One of the things that many Christians seem to forget is repentance. But at the same time, if I died suddenly, would I have time to repent of my sin, whatever it was that day? God’s grace covers a lot… I told a couple people that God speaks out against sexual sin more than any other sin in the Bible (hope that was right). And of course they remind me that God doesn’t see one sin as more than another, sin is sin. One person said we are not to judge. I just need your spiritual knowledge, thoughts and advice.
Amazing beats provided by Xperiment. This is lead single and title track for the benefit album put together by Rapzilla.com. This is also the debut song by Beautiful Eulogy which is made up of Braille, Odd Thomas, and Courtland Urbano.
Lecture: A Liberating Approach to Finding God’s Will (Part I)” by Kevin DeYoung (Part 2 here)
For all of you who are looking for a biblical approach to this, rather than relying on supposed personal revelations and new “prophecy”, here is the method clearly taught in scripture that will help you steer clear of dangerous, unverifiable claims to special revelation.
“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?” (Jeremiah 17:9 ESV)
“God hates the sin, but loves the sinner.”
tannercoleman:
A few days ago, a friend of mine came under a lot of heat from other Christians on his Tumblr page. The basis for the heat was his opposition of the phrase that Christians use: “God hates the sin, but loves the sinner.”
A problem that I have with the phrase is the lack of Biblical backing of the latter part of the phrase. Sure, we all know that God hates sin, as it is evident throughout the Bible. But what people can’t seem to wrap their minds about is that God also hates SINNERS. That’s us! Now I’m not trying to say that God doesn’t also love us, because he absolutely does.
Let’s look at a few verses regarding God’s hatred of sinners:
- Psalm 5:5 - “The boastful shall not stand in Your sight; You hate all evildoers.”
- Psalm 11:5 - “The Lord tests the righteous, but his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.”
- Leviticus 20:23 - “And you shall not walk in the customs of the nation that I am driving out before you, for they did all these things, and therefore I detested them.”
- Hosea 9:15 - All their wickedness is in Gilgal, For there I hated them. Because of the evil of their deeds I will drive them from My house; I will love them no more. All their princes are rebellious.
These verses obviously show that the God we worship hates sin and those who sin. In Hosea 9, god says that he will drive them from his house and that he will love them no more. Psalm 5 says that He hates ALL evildoers. Not just the big ones like murderers, rapists, child molesters.
He hates all evildoers, me, you, Barack Obama, the mailman, your neighbor who lives down the road. Everyone.
But it also says that God is love. (1 John 4:8) The Bible also says that God sent his innocent Son to die for us while we were still dead in sin, so that we might become dead to sin and live for what is righteous. (Romans 5:8, 1 Peter 2:24)
But if God is so loving, how can he also hate us, his own creation?
See, what we try to do is try to compare God’s hate to our own brand of hate. When humans hate, we become enraged and vengeful. Does God do this? The answer is no, he hates with a different style, if you will. God’s hate is a righteous hate. Just imagine for a moment as God. Your own creation, whom you died, bled, and suffered for are living lives of sin.
It’s a hard concept to grasp, a loving and hating God at the same time. It’s literally mind-boggling, a God who loves and hates. See, God loves us through his Son, Jesus Christ, who he sent to die for all of our sins. Without Christ to cover up our sins, God would see us as we really are: worthless, sinful, and undeserving of his grace and mercy.
As great as the phrase would be, it can’t possibly be true, in accordance with the holy word of God
If you would like comment on my opinion on the topic, please feel free to, just do it un-anonymously and gently.
“God hates the sin and loves and hates the sinner.”
Put perfectly.
This guy is wise beyond his years. Everyone, go follow Tanner. http://tannercoleman.tumblr.com
Summary Graphs of Millennial Views (Eschatology)
Very handy for understanding the differences without a lot of dispy prejudice thrown in. :-)
The Great Debate: Does God Exist? - Free Audio Download @ The Resurgence
This debate between Gordon Stein and Greg Bahnsen is a really fine example of presuppositional apologetics at work by one of the true masters of the method. CMF (who own the rights to all things Bahnsen) are not known for being the type to give anything away, so jump on this one while you can. Download links are at the bottom of the article.
Can we please get Johnny Mac to send a taskforce to Houston and defrock this clown?
Joel Osteen: Mitt Romney Is a ‘Believer in Christ Like Me’
