Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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We Are Forbidden From Doing What They Do
Articles For The Christian Reader Serving the Body of Christ… “When you come into the landwhich the Lord your God is giving you,you shall not learn to followthe abominations of those nations.”Deuteronomy 18:9 God was preparing Israel to go into the promised land, just as he is preparing believers today to enter heaven. All the…
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A Christian Response To Halloween
Jesus said to come out from among them. They can’t be trained to be “popular” and also to come out from among them.
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Wearing Medals For Protection Or Good Luck
Articles For The Christian Reader Serving the Body of Christ… “Those who make an image, all of them are useless,and their precious things shall not profit;they are their own witnesses, they neither seenor know, that they may be ashamed.Who would form a god or mold an image that profits him nothing?”Isaiah 44:9-10 It’s hard to…
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Is Israel Doomed?
Articles For The Christian Reader Serving the Body of Christ… “Then David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying,‘What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistineand takes away the reproach from Israel?For who is this uncircumcised Philistine,that he should defy the armies of the living God?’”1st Samuel 17:26 Goliath, from…
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The Same God Of The Past Is God Of The Present
Articles For The Christian Reader Serving the Body of Christ… “Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany,the town of Mary and her sister Martha.Therefore the sisters sent to him, saying,‘Lord, behold, he whom you love is sick.’”John 11:1, 3 Martha, Mary, and Lazarus were personal friends of Jesus. But when Jesus was notified…
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Refusing To Wait Can Bring Disaster
Articles For The Christian Reader Serving the Body of Christ… “Truly my soul silently waits for God;from him comes my salvation.”Psalm 62:1 Waiting on the Lord can be very difficult. We become impatient and then we try to solve our problem ourselves, sometimes making a mess of things – all because it’s so hard to…
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How To Receive What You Lack
Articles For The Christian Reader Serving the Body of Christ… “And the people spoke against God and against Moses:‘Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness?For there is no food and no water,and our soul loathes this worthless bread.’”Numbers 21:5 By the time you get to this passage in…
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God’s Insurance Policy
Articles For The Christian Reader Serving the Body of Christ… “Honor the Lord with your possessions,and with the firstfruits of all your increase;so your barns will be filled with plenty,and your vats will overflow with new wine.”Proverbs 3:9-10 In the lives of most people, a priority is making money. Now, there is nothing wrong with…
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Do You Know How To Protect Yourself From Deception?
Articles For The Christian Reader Serving the Body of Christ… “A scoffer seeks wisdom and does not find it,but knowledge is easy to him who understands.”Proverbs 14:6 Why is that so? It’s because the scoffer and the righteous are looking for it in different places. The scoffer gets his input from the world, but the…
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God Hates Pride
Articles For The Christian Reader Serving the Body of Christ… “…to seek one’s own glory is not glory.”Proverbs 25:27 When a person seeks recognition for himself, that very act removes the worth of it, and this is extremely difficult to resist doing. I listen to many interviews with people who have risen to prominence, and…
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