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God Said It…And That Unsettles It
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ronniemcbrayer
“God said it, I believe it, and that settles it.” This slogan is one of today’s all too common bumper sticker defenses of the Bible. The phrase is sometimes amended to read, “God said it…and that settles it,” to reflect that personal belief is inconsequential in the matter. Proponents of this view caricaturize the Bible…
Decisions, Decisions: A Guide
By
ronniemcbrayer
A farmer hired a man to work for him. He told him his first task would be to paint the barn and said it should take him about three days to finish. But the hired man worked very fast, and was finished in just one day. The farmer then instructed his hired hand to cut…
A Little More Light…A Lot More Direction
By
ronniemcbrayer
Leo Tolstoy once compared religious rules to the light given off by a lamp post. It is a bright light. It dispels the darkness. As long as man or woman stood in that light, he or she could see. But the lamp post had limitations, Tolstoy said. To remain in the light meant going no…
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