Wear another scar for me, my forgotten Savior,
And think not of the first time we met.
For like its predecessor,
This will not be the last time that you pay the toll of hell
In the name of me.This bond was forged to be pierced by my spear ( Read more... )

God is Faithful.

The Code:

http://www.livejournal.com/users/xtravagance/72385.html" target=_new>God is Faithful.

The Purpose:
Genesis 9 [MSG REMIX ( Read more... )

Christians who refuse
To look squarely into the suffering of Christ
Are not Christians at all.
They are a breed of pretenders,
Who would turn their backs on the Cross,
And shame his death.
You cannot hold up the Cross,
Not drink of the cup
Without embracing the death.
And you cannot understand love,
Unless you first die.

From When Heaven Weeps

Did Jesus come to save us and by this glorified God?

or....

Did Jesus come to glorify God and by this we received salvation?

NOTE:

Please don't simply respond with thoughts, but scriptural reference, eliminating blind belief.

Debate, but please keep it clean, civil.

The idea for this post came from this thread.

Ready ... set ... debate!

When something is in your mind, it's so beautiful, and you jot down your thoughts as quickly as your fingers can move. But then when you go back to read this revelation to someone else, it doesn't seem as beautiful. But the person on the other end sees past the words into the concept, the thought behind, the heart within, and that is where the ( Read more... )

Sometimes God shows us things in the coolest of ways. I was typing a devotional the other day, and I misspelled the phraise "pain again" as "pain gain." I noticed it out of the corner of my eye, and when I went back to fix it, I realized how awesome of a revelation this was ( Read more... )

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