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2021-10-01T20:40:49+00:00

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The Unintentional Abomination

Last updated on: October 1, 2021 at 8:40 pm By Keith Giles

Over on YouTube there is a new cottage industry on the rise. Conservative Evangelical Christians like Mike Winger, Alisa Childers, and others have made it their mission in life to demonize Progressive Christianity, insult those who are Deconstructing their faith, and create as much division as possible between themselves and everyone who doesn’t line up with their extremely narrow and inaccurate definitions of “Historic Christianity”, “Orthodoxy”, and “Biblical Truth. Over the last few months – as my friends and followers... Read more

2021-09-22T22:22:33+00:00

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What Was Paul’s Thorn In The Flesh?

Last updated on: September 22, 2021 at 10:22 pm By Keith Giles

For some reason, people have made a big deal about Paul’s mysterious “thorn in the flesh” over the last few decades. There are those who are convinced that his thorn was code for his inner struggle with homosexuality. Others are convinced it was some sort of spiritual/demonic attack. Still, others argue that it was a reference to the Jewish authorities who did everything to make his ministry as difficult as possible. I don’t believe any of those theories are true.... Read more

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God's Love

2021-09-16T20:46:35+00:00

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Making Love With God

Last updated on: September 16, 2021 at 8:46 pm By Keith Giles

I want you to close your eyes and think about something with me. When a man and a woman make love, they often conceive a child together. So, the “Love” they made resulted in a person. That new person is literally the fruit of their lovemaking. In the New Testament book of 1 John, we’re told something quite extraordinary: “God is love” (1 John 4:16) So, if God is Love, and if God created humans in his own image [as... Read more

2021-09-14T20:32:48+00:00

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Where Do Ideas Come From?

Last updated on: September 14, 2021 at 8:32 pm By Keith Giles

There’s a fascinating phenomenon I like to call “Dual Discovery” which is the tendency for different people arriving at the same conclusions even though they are hundreds or even thousands of miles apart, and have no collaboration between them. For example: In the 17th century, there were independent formulations of Calculus by Issac Newton, Godfrey W. Leibniz, and others. In the 18th century, Oxygen was discovered by three different people at around the same time: Carl Wilhelm Shield and Joseph... Read more

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Cosmic Christ

2021-09-09T20:25:51+00:00

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Why God Needs Us

Last updated on: September 9, 2021 at 8:25 pm By Keith Giles

A few weeks ago my friend Kenneth Tanner posted something that really got me thinking. His post mentioned the fact that the elements of the New Covenant – bread and wine – are man-made and not naturally occurring. In other words, God created grapes but we made the wine. God created wheat, but we made the bread. We can also see that God created wood, but we made crosses. God created iron but we made hammers and nails. God breathes... Read more

2021-08-30T14:11:36+00:00

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In Memory of My Father: Gene Giles

Last updated on: August 30, 2021 at 2:11 pm By Keith Giles

I don’t know about you, but I really hate it when you go to a Funeral or a Memorial Service and they stand up and say things like, “He was always happy” or “She never complained about anything” or “He always made everyone laugh”, because we all know that’s not true. No one is every “always” anything. Now, my Dad could be the sweetest, kindest, most thoughtful and encouraging person you’ve ever want to meet. But he could also be... Read more

God's Love

2021-08-17T19:45:58+00:00

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GODISNOWHERE

Last updated on: August 17, 2021 at 7:45 pm By Keith Giles

It’s no secret that I am a huge fan of the science fiction author Philip K. Dick. In one of his best novels, [VALIS], the main character observes that Jesus most likely spoke Aramaic, although the Gospels were written in Koine [Common] Greek. In the Koine Greek language, there are no spaces left between the words, so a phrase like “GODISNOWHERE” can be read either as “God Is No Where” or as “God Is Now Here”, depending on your perspective,... Read more

Cosmic Christ

Universalism

2021-08-06T22:30:30+00:00

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What The Trinity Teaches Us About Including Outsiders

Last updated on: August 6, 2021 at 10:30 pm By Keith Giles

Embedded in the doctrine of the Trinity is a very simple principle that most Christians tend to overlook. When we consider the idea that God, by nature, is an entity comprised of three separate “persons” who together embody the One being we call “God”, we have to acknowledge that God is all-inclusive. Think about it this way: If Jesus is not the Spirit or the Father, and if the Spirit is not the Father or the Son, and if the... Read more

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God's Love

2021-07-30T17:31:46+00:00

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Jesus Admits: The Bible Is Incomplete

Last updated on: July 30, 2021 at 5:31 pm By Keith Giles

Here’s something that will shock those “Bible-Believing” defenders of Orthodoxy: Jesus admitted there was more for us to know than what he told us. In other words, everything God has to say to humanity is NOT contained in the Bible. How do we know? Because the Bible tells me so. For example, just before he’s taken away to be crucified, Jesus says something more than mildly shocking to his disciples: “I have many more things to say to you, but... Read more

2021-07-20T17:23:11+00:00

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All Or Nothing: Reading Scripture With Our Eyes Open

Last updated on: July 20, 2021 at 5:23 pm By Keith Giles

In this article, I’d like to simply point out a few unmistakable facts about what the Scriptures tell us about mercy, forgiveness and salvation. This won’t take long. First of all, Christ is in all and all are in Christ: “Christ is all and is in all” [Col. 3:11] “…and you are filled with the fullness of Christ who fills everything in every way.” [Eph. 1:23] Secondly, Christ has mercy on all: “For God has consigned all to disobedience, that he may have mercy on all.”... Read more

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