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2020-08-21T21:17:08+00:00

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Power To The People [Not Politics]

Last updated on: August 21, 2020 at 9:17 pm By Keith Giles

One thing we seem to misunderstand when it comes to Jesus is that he’s not really interested in being your co-pilot. In other words, if our lives are pretty much the same now as they would have been if we had never heard about Jesus then we’re doing it wrong. The entire point of what Jesus says in the Sermon on the Mount is that it is meant to be followed in one’s actual, everyday, ordinary life. Remember the part... Read more

2020-08-20T21:38:16+00:00

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The Dangers Of John Wayne Theology

Last updated on: August 20, 2020 at 9:38 pm By Keith Giles

Full disclosure: As a young boy I never went anywhere without a toy gun somewhere on my body. Either on my belt, in my boot or nestled inside the little satchel I carried around to hold my comics and my crayons. I loved The Wild Wild West with Robert Conrad and I watched every episode of Bonanza, Gunsmoke, High Chapperal and The Rifleman I could possibly find on television. Of course, there was no better version of cowboy heroism than... Read more

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Preemptive Love

2020-08-14T23:03:51+00:00

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Answering 7 Rebuttals To My Article On The Atonement

Last updated on: August 14, 2020 at 11:03 pm By Keith Giles

I received several comments on my post “7 Reasons Why Jesus Was NOT Sacrificed For Your Sins” but this one below was so specific and direct I really felt the need to respond. Ironically, the rebuttal included 7 scriptures that appear to disprove my thesis that Jesus was NOT sacrificed for your sins. So, here’s the comment: Keith says: “Jesus Was NOT Sacrificed For Your Sins” The New Testament says: “Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a sacrifice of... Read more

2020-08-13T18:15:11+00:00

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7 Reasons Why Jesus Was NOT Sacrificed For Your Sins

Last updated on: August 13, 2020 at 6:15 pm By Keith Giles

One of the lynchpins of Penal Substitutionary Atonement Theory [PSA] is that Jesus had to die on the cross to fulfill God’s requirement for a worthy sacrifice that could atone the sins of mankind once and for all. The problem with this theory is that there is almost zero scriptural support for such a claim. In fact, if we start to really investigate what the scriptures have to say about atonement, sacrifice and sins we find a shocking number of... Read more

2020-08-11T22:43:49+00:00

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Are We Missing The Mark On Missing The Mark?

Last updated on: August 11, 2020 at 10:43 pm By Keith Giles

We often think of sin as “missing the mark”, but I want to us to think about sin in this way for a moment. Or better yet, I think we need to re-think how we look at sin in this way. For example, we often say that sin is to “miss the mark” in the sense that the “mark” is total perfection. Since we all fail to be perfect or “sinless”, then we are all doomed. But I think that’s... Read more

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2020-08-06T21:40:39+00:00

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Did It Really Please The Lord To Crush Jesus?

Last updated on: August 6, 2020 at 9:40 pm By Keith Giles

If you’ve been reading my blog for any length of time, you already know by now that a title like this one is probably answered by a resounding “No”, but just in case you’re new here, let me go ahead and make it abundantly clear: God was NOT pleased to crush His Son on the cross. Now, you probably wonder how I can say this since we all remember a very famous passage of scripture from Isaiah that seems to... Read more

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Following Jesus

2020-08-05T18:00:53+00:00

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This Is Where God Lives

Last updated on: August 5, 2020 at 6:00 pm By Keith Giles

I honestly believe that one of the most transformative truths that most Christians still haven’t fully embraced is this: God is not “up there.” The pervasive notion that God is in Heaven, and that Heaven is in some mystical realm far above and beyond this realm of physical reality is not only dangerous to our spiritual growth and development, it’s also dead wrong. Allow me to elaborate: *Jesus is “Immanuel” which is literally “God with us.” [Matt. 1:23] *Jesus promised... Read more

2020-08-03T21:49:22+00:00

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The Forgotten Female Disciples of Jesus

Last updated on: August 3, 2020 at 9:49 pm By Keith Giles

When I read the question: “Why didn’t Jesus call any women to be his disciples?” I knew I had to respond. Here’s the reality: “Jesus DID call women to be his disciples!” The problem is that later Church Fathers were so entangled and blinded by their Patriarchy they did their very best to obscure this fact and solidify men [and only men] as the leaders in the Body of Christ. So, here’s what we often miss about the women disciples... Read more

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2020-07-29T21:42:57+00:00

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Why Jesus Did NOT Have To Die On The Cross

Last updated on: July 29, 2020 at 9:42 pm By Keith Giles

Honestly, I think at least once a week I hear someone invoke the phrase, “This is why Jesus died on the cross” or ask the question, “Why did Jesus have to die?” or some other variation of the concept. Here’s the thing: Jesus did NOT have to die on the cross. In other words, God did not require Jesus to be crucified to fulfill some mystical prophecy. However, it is clear that the death of Jesus was expected from the... Read more

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Preemptive Love

2020-07-22T18:24:29+00:00

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Does God Work All Things Together For Our Good? Not Exactly.

Last updated on: July 22, 2020 at 6:24 pm By Keith Giles

It’s a very common misconception that nearly every Christian embraces without question: God works all things together for our good. Now, it’s easy to understand why we accept this idea when our English translations of the Bible pretty much say exactly this: “And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.” [Romans 8:28] Seems simple enough, right? I mean, right there it says very clearly that God... Read more

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