"If salvation is not a real participation in the resurrected life, the glorified and grace-filled Humanity of Christ, then we are left with a man-made religion of “ideas” and concepts, an imaginary “relationship” with God that cannot truly transform and save us."

— Father Michael Shanbour

Stopping YouTube for at least 3 months.

G.O.S.P.E.L.

Christians Should Stone People?!

When an atheist, who claims to have be raised up in the church, read the Bible several times and studied it tells me, “You should be following the Old Testament law. That law basically means we’d all be dead.” 

I wonder have they asked themselves, “Why aren’t the Jews stoning people today? Why aren’t Christians stoning people today? I wonder maybe the Jews know more about the Hebrew scriptures than I do? Am I being a bit presumptuous in talking about Old Testament law as though I’ve really studied it but clearly haven’t?”

The Foundation of Christianity in less than 2mins.

When I Became a Man!

"Christianity is not a doctrine, not, I mean, a theory about what has happened and will happen to the human soul, but a description of something that actually takes place in human life. For ‘consciousness of sin’ is a real event and so are despair and salvation through faith. Those who speak of such things are simply describing what has happened to them, whatever gloss anyone may want to put on it."

— Ludwig Wittgenstein, “Culture and Value.” I’m not entirely sure of the context on this one but I found the quote to be meaningful. Thank you Ricardo for sharing it with me.

B.A.P. News Headlines: Bored atheists focus on Katy Perry. Street Preachers battle it out with the homeless & sign twirlers. Thunderf00t wins P.O.W. Award! LaciGreen vs. Jenna Rose.

ahughman asked: Hey Jack.
So this is a weird thought I’ve always wanted to ask my Christian friends but never really knew how. You’ll probably find it a bit strange, but it is a genuine question:

What if tomorrow God revealed himself empirically, and it all lined up. The creation story, the flood, exodus, the burning bush, even Jesus’ birth, life and resurrection. He could prove it all happened and everything was irrefutable.

Except…that it had a sci-fi twist to it. Really God was a pan-dimensional alien being, who created the universe. He took serious interest in his creation (man), and communicated his intentions through holographic visions, induced audible hallucinations, that sort of thing.

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