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Who Can Stand?

Who Can Stand?

It is always interesting to ask people what they believe about divine judgment.  Will it happen?  Whom will it involve?  How will it work?  What will be the results?  Does the prospect concern you? To hear many people talk, the answer to this last question is clearly, “no.”  Why?   Because, “I’m a good person” [according to current societal norms, but they blow with the wind so, stay tuned for updates].   Because, when I selectively compare myself to the worst human beings, I actually look pretty good…

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When Nature Kills

When Nature Kills

Every avalanche begins with a single snowflake…a bit of crystalized water vapor so light that it takes a small eternity to reach the earth.  It falls in absolute silence and makes no sound whatever when it lands. Conditions must be perfect for this lone snowflake to be formed and to remain in a frozen state.  By itself, it is of no consequence and cannot long exist. It may take many storms, many short, windswept days and long, freezing nights for such flecks of ice,…

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Call the Doctor

Call the Doctor

For thousands of years, most human beings in most times and places the world over have taken for granted the existence of a creator, of good and evil, of death and judgment and an afterlife of endless bliss or eternal consequences.  But in the past hundred years or so, a movement has emerged that denies all of this.  It is a radical paradigm shift, historically unprecedented in scope, growth rate and societal impact.  It is notable for its total disregard for the accumulated wisdom…

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