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“Coming Out” and Christians… Reflections on Ray Boltz « The Oasis Journal ~ Online

With the coming out of Ray Boltz the question of being homosexual and being a Christians has come up. I can not give an answer better than pastor Ken Burchard does in his blog here:
“Coming Out” and Christians… Reflections on Ray Boltz « The Oasis Journal ~ Online.

The Real Salt Life

I want to write this not as a person who has learned this lesson well and can attest to living it completely and fully, but as a fellow traveler and a student who is still learning the lesson.

From before time as we know it began God knew what the human condition would be. He [...]

What Happened To Christian Simplicity?

I guess asking that question while writing on a computer that cost me $600 is absurd. But I want to challenge you to look around and see if you are living life more abundantly by the world’s standards or by God’s standards. If we were to send some of the American standard get [...]

Should Christians Practice Meditation?

I’ll go ahead and answer the question in the affirmative now so you know where I stand. Now what kind of meditation should we use? As Christians we are not trying to remove ourselves from this world. We are not trying to connect with ourselves or escape reality. What we are trying to do is [...]

Things You Already Know About The Church… Part 4

People outside the Church spend so much time telling us that we cause hate because we believe that Jesus is the only way to God. God knows who will and who will not accept Christ. We do not need to put human constraints on an all knowing, all seeing, eternal God. If some one does not want to be with him now why would he want to cause them the grief of spending eternity with him.