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The Beauty of Staying Together (Former Title: DETOUR
Calvina, the young battered wife of Duane, is in desperate need of a new start in life. Will her jealous husband, the mad man with whom she had been unequally yoked, prove too much to ever hope for a chance of staying together--a chance to fix her troubled marriage?
We encourage you to read the two main character profiles before reading the first chapter. We can be so wrong in the strong initial opinions we form of people, which we see in The Beauty Of Staying Together (originally published under the title: Detour), a story based on true events.
¿Qué tiene que ver conmigo? por Teófila Gottfried
Lo que leemos en la Biblia tiene que ver con todos los seres humanos, sean cristianos o judíos, ateos o agnósticos, budistas, musulmanes o adherentes a alguna de las filosofías o nuevas religiones que surgen en el mundo. ¿Por qué? Ver mayor información sobre este interesante libro.
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The Apostle Peter Falsely Accused Of Racism In Acts 10
The pastor of a church once taught his congregation that the apostle Peter had to be corrected by the Lord on his racial prejudices. This Christian leader's aim was to demonstrate, by scripture, that even the closest servants of God may have serious faults that they have to overcome such as racism. The message of his lesson was that just because someone may be a Christian, he isn't necessarily completely free of all evil influence. His presentation of the scriptures to teach what sounded like a truth, only presented an opinion that lacked biblical support.
The pastor accused Simon Peter of having harbored racial prejudice against gentiles, based on the scripture of Acts 10:28 which says, "and he (Peter) said unto them, 'ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company or come unto one of another nation. But, God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean. Therefore came I unto you without gainsaying, as soon as I was sent for'...."
Earlier in the same chapter of Acts, Peter is said to have had a vision of a great sheet knit at the four corners that descended from heaven. In the sheet he saw all kinds of wild beasts and creeping animals, and fowls of the air. Peter also heard a voice that told him to kill and eat. But, he refused saying, "not so, Lord, for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean" (Acts 10:14). The voice then said to him, "what God hath cleansed, that call not thou common" (verse 16).
The wild beasts and creeping animals and fowls of the air represented the gentiles who were destined to be cleansed by their faith in Christ. The pastor was without scriptural support to accuse the apostle of racial prejudice when he was simply following a commandment not to consume unclean animals. Such command had been given to Israel by God himself (Leviticus 11:4, Deuteronomy 14:3). Furthermore, when Peter refused to eat, clearly, he was rejecting what he believed to be actual animals and not a mere representation of the gentiles.
Peter was also correct when he spoke of the division that rightfully existed in the Old Testament between the children of Israel and the gentiles, also known as "strangers", who at any time, could and did join Israel (Exodus 12:47-50, Esther 8:17).
Far too many believers are accepting the numerous erroneous teachings of Christian leaders as biblical truth. Also in the book of Acts is the account of the sharing of the gospel with the Bereans who verified in the scriptures what they were being taught before they believed (Acts 17:11).
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Racism in the English Language: A Matter of Opinion or Fact?
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