I have a roommate, and I signed a year lease. I screwed up! That's like I wrote a joke that didn't work, but now I have to tell it for a year.
Any concept of one person being superior to another can lead to racism.
God has stated in clear and concise language how He created the universe and we ought not to doubt His Word.
But, when Scripture makes a clear distinction between the act of creation and the process of preservation, we cannot accept the idea of a progressive creation process.
Being made in the image of God, man was the crown of creation.
In Christ the original image of God is restored, by faith in this world and by sight in the world to come.
With our knowledge of modern-day genetics, we realize that it was possible for God to place the potential for all people throughout history into the genes of Adam and Eve when He created them.
Faults are beauties, when survey'd by love.
I don't think of myself as particularly cursed or blessed. I think I got dealt a set of cards, and I'm playing with them, sometimes in heels, sometimes in combat boots.
One of the primary questions in a state-church arrangement is, 'which controls which?'. . . In Norway, for example, the liberal labor government has regularly angered Church officials by making controversial ministerial appointments against the wishes of the clergy. . . . These and other actions have strained the church-state relationship almost to the breaking point. As a result, some of the bishops have advocated disestablishment.
I hurt easy, I just don't show it. You can hurt someone and not even know it.