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JOHN PEARRELL: Will you accept the authority of Jesus or follow what you want to believe?
Last week we began a written dialogue on the new spirituality, the idea that we can have our own designer gods. When one suggests that maybe such an approach is not right, immediately the names start to fly. He's "intolerant," "narrow-minded," "bigoted.". The problem comes when
JOHN PEARRELL: God's love extends only to those who accept Jesus as their savior
Let's talk about love today. Rob Bell, former pastor of the mega-church Mars Hill, wrote a book that has caused a firestorm in the Christian community. The title of that book is "Love Wins" and basically what Bell declares is that in the end, love wins, and everyone gets
JOHN PEARRELL: Evil in our hearts makes us question God
A business man was having a conversation with a minister about faith. The business man stated, "I would like to believe in God, but I just can't. There is just so much evil in the world, and I can't get past that.". The minister was not sure how to
PEARRELL: With Christian voices silenced, more freedoms are lost
George Santayana is credited with saying, "Those who forget history are destined to repeat it."