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Tag Archives: salvation
So Many Religions – Why Christianity?
My dear friend, Dr. Levitt asks, “So only the Christian Religion is the one and only true religion? Only Christians know who is the one and only God? Jews? Mormons? Hindu’s? Buddhists? Muslims? Atheists? Everyone is all wrong but Christians? … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Essays, Existentialism, Judaism, Philosophy of Religion
Tagged Christ, Christianity, God, Holy Spirit, Louis William Rose, salvation
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Why I am Unfit to be an Elder or a Deacon in a Bible Believing Church And Some Other Thoughts on the Church and the Law
I have been asked to be an elder a couple of times in the twenty plus years I have been sitting with the Presbyterians. After giving a brief explanation of why I could not accept such an exalted position, I was invariably asked to reconsider my position. This left me wondering how the person asking me ever got to be an elder. Continue reading
Song: There’s no Calvin like John Calvin
(Sung to the tune of “There’s no Business like Show Business.”) The Elders, the Deacons, the Choir, the Church, are generally known to be a stodgy bunch, and yet, The Elders, the Deacons, the Choir, the Church, all smile and … Continue reading
Poem: What Do You Do?
What do you do when it costs too much and you can’t afford to pay? Do you hunch your shoulders, and turn your head, and quietly walk away? Do you think how different it would have turned out if you’d … Continue reading
Posted in About Life, Poetry
Tagged abandonment, desperation, hunger, lost love, Louis William Rose, old age, Poem, poverty, salvation, sickness, unemployment
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Song: Six Stringed Parable
Let me tell ya’ll a story ‘bout this guitar I got here. It was never glued together, it just suddenly appeared. Now if you believe my story, if you think that it is true, Then the same thing might apply … Continue reading
Posted in About God, Christianity, Poetry
Tagged Baptist, Christ, Christianity, conviction of sin, desperation, election, free will, God, Gospel of Matthew, Jesus, Parable, Poem, Religion and Spirituality, salvation, Six Stringed Guitar, Song
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Song: Father teach me to pray
Father teach me to pray. My life’s an empty shell, won’t you within me dwell. I pledge myself to you Oh Lord. Please make us one. Father, I’ve gone astray. I’ve sinned against you Lord, I do it every day. … Continue reading
Posted in About God, Christianity, Poetry
Tagged Christ, God, God the Father, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Lord, Lords Prayer, Louis William Rose, Poem, Prayer, salvation, Song
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