My Crazy Faith

(For the full version of this Bible study "lesson," click here .  And if you want to get deeper into this huge t opic, check out the “Understanding God’s Will” series.)             “Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God - this is your spiritual act of worship.   Do not conform any longer to the pattern of the world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.   Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is - his good, pleasing and perfect will.”   ( Romans 12:1-2 )

Science has shown that the events of Sodom and Gomorrah could have indeed happened:   https://www.christianpost.com/news/scientists-superheated-blast-from-the-sky-destroyed-dead-sea-cities-pointing-to-sodom-in-bible.html And science has shown that all people came from 2 original people: https://www.christianpost.com/news/new-scientific-discovery-supports-bibles-adam-and-eve-story-science-writer-says.html And the world calls us crazy for believing that the Bible is true!?! Go figure!

Who doesn't love a little satire now and then ... Google Celebrates Noahic Covenant Anti-Choice Judge Progressive OB/GYN Ultrasound Tech Refuses To Tell Couples Whether Baby Boy Or Girl How Do You Define "Hate Speech"? Compassionate: This Democratic Representative Is So Opposed To Gun Violence That He's Willing To Nuke The Entire Country To Stop It Liberals Remind Nation Satire Only OK When Mocking Conservatives Tolerance Police Progressive Christian Wishes Jesus Were As Woke As She Is Progressive Probs Women's March Aides Force Ocasio-Cortez To Watch Entire Run Of Schoolhouse Rock Report: Millennials More Open To Socialism, Touching Hot Stove, Sticking Face In Sack Full Of Badgers Socialist Leaders Clarify: 'We Only Want Socialism For Everyone Else' Judge Orders Trump, Acosta To Wear Their Get-Along Shirt (Could you even imagine?  That would be so fun to see!) Fed Up With Oppressive Capitalism, Bernie Sanders ...

(For full version of this Bible study "lesson," click here .  But to be honest, I can't really shorten this one too much because this topic is so immense and complicated.  So this is still pretty long.)              Imagine that I walk into your church and say, “I am taking a group of people on a trip with me.   We are leaving sometime soon, and you have to decide which group you’ll be part of: the one that goes or the rest that stay behind.   I have a destination picked out and a way to get there.   I’ve already paid the price to take everyone in this room with me, if you choose to go.   And I am now asking for those who want to go.   It’s up to you if you want to come or be left behind.   But if you do not deliberately choose to come with me, you will be left behind.”             This, in essence, is my view when it comes to the whole "predestination ...