The Blessing of a Bad Reputation

"Loving the promises of God more than approval of others has been the mark of true Christians throughout history."

Desiringgod.org

8 reasons in support of God's existence

Renown apologist William Lane Craig gives 8 reasons in support of God's existence. I will list all 8 and expand on the first one:

1. God is the best explanation why anything at all exists.

• Every contingent thing has an explanation of its existence.
• If the universe has an explanation of its existence, that explanation is a transcendent personal being.
• The universe is a contingent thing.
• Therefore, the explanation of the universe is a transcendent, personal being-which is what everybody means by "God."

2. God is the the best explanation of the origin of the universe.

3. God is the best explanation of the applicability of mathematics to the physical world.

4. God is the best explanation of the fine-tuning of the universe for intelligent life.

5. God is the best explanation of intentional states of consciousness.

6. God is the best explanation of objective moral values and duties.

7. The very possibility of God's existence implies that God exists.

8. God can be personally known and experienced.

If you want to learn more about these reasons, check out William Lane Craig's book, "Reasonable Faith."

Information vs Transformation

"We can know the right words yet never be changed. This is the difference between information and transformation."

AW Tozer

Lamentations

Tolerance vs Truth

This is a quote from apologist, Frank Turek:
Tolerance is passive; it means I'll stop caring and loving. Love is active; it means I will tell you the truth even if you won't like me for it.

Friedrich Schleiermacher

Here is a quote from the 18th century German theologian, Friedrich Schleiermacher:

God is that on which we feel dependent; sin is a failure of our sense of dependence. Christ is the man who was utterly dependent on God in every thought, word, and action- a dependence that added up to an existence of God in him. Christ's mission was to communicate this sense of dependence to others.

Title Explained

The title of my book, "Not Mine Alone" came to me in the middle of the night. There is no question in my mind that my Heavely Father spoke to me about what the title of my book would be.
The title has deep significance in both the narrow and broad perspective. The narrow perspective is directly about my biological children. All children are God's children first, and their parents second. However, there is an extra element to my story. My children are God's children first, but they are also Wayne and Dina Arnold's children.
In the broad sense, my entire life is not my own, both my earthly life and my eternal life.
It is highly probable that my past decisions could have resulted in either my own death or someone else's. But God chose to save my earthly life.
Lastly, my eternal life was given to me by my Heavenly Father. 1Corinthians 6:19&20 says that I am not my own and that I was bought at a price. Jesus paid the ultimate price. He sacrificed his own life so I could spend eternity with him! 💙💜