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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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I love God
Some years ago I was looking for a home church which sparked conversations with various pastors and co-pastors. I still remember some of those conversations very well due to the impressions with which they left me--how many of these people can truthfully say, "I love God"?
One particular conversation I had touched on water baptism. As I conversed with the pastor, I asked if his church performed water baptism. I asked how often baptism was performed and if the church owned its own pool or used a public pool or if they went to the river. I found the conversation educational as I learned that the church practiced baptism that consisted of the sprinkling of water and not of immersion. He went on to explain that such a decision had not been made based on scripture; it had been reached based on what was convenient. He stated that he sure didn't want to deal with the inconvenience of getting all of his clothes wet for a baptism. His exact words were, "I sure don't want to get my clothes wet." I wondered if he had ever said the words, "I love God" or if there was ever any rememberance of Jesus' command to his servants to love the Lord with all of our strength and might. Many Christian believers are very swift to declare God's love for them. They are not so swift, however, to say, "I love God because he first loved me."
This article is not about how each church chooses to perform water baptism, but rather about the reason behind one church's decision to concern itself only with convenience. It is understandable why many don't take Christians seriously. It is also most difficult to imagine such Christians who won't inconvenience themselves for a little while in order to please God, taking up their cross to bear it. How can they if they can never declare, "I love God." In some churches it has become popular for a preacher or teacher to say "thank God for Jesus" during worship service or bible study. It's probably more appropriate to thank God that Jesus didn't see it too inconvenient to be betrayed, arrested, mocked, beaten, and crucified that we might be saved and inherit eternal life.
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