Redemption

Confession of Your Sins to One Another: Why Would You Want to do That?

April 18, 2010

“Confession” popped up in a discussion last week.  In the New Testament book of James we read this admonition:  “…confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed.”  James 5:16    Based on many discussions I have heard, and my own personal experience, I am pretty sure that [...]

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A biblical definition of sanctification

January 28, 2010

The English word “sanctification” is derived from from the Latin noun sanctificio.  Its most generic Latin meaning is “to separate and set aside.”  Since the early days of the Roman church its Latin usage has been primarily related to Christian theology, which uses it in a religious sense, “to separate and set aside for holiness,” [...]

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You are God and I am not….

January 4, 2010

I recently stated that God cannot have a relationship with an imperfect person.  This is a difficult topic to discuss because our sense of civility tells us that a value judgment is being made.  Value judgments are not well regarded in our culture at the moment, because we want to believe that everyone is perfect, [...]

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