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The 7 Stages of All Great Nations: End-Stage Guilt

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The 7 Stages of All Great Nations: End-Stage Guilt

The 7 Stages of All Great Nations: End-Stage Guilt

Lucas Necessary

Reading Time: 10 minutesKings and nations share one thing in common: they rise to power, and then they die. In this post I examine the 7 stages of all great nations, the deadliness of decadence and the self-loathing it leads to, as well as what Christians need to do.

Freedom in Christ

Freedom in Christ

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Reading Time: 2 minutesThanks to a study with Rhys N Thomas and his wife Sharon for helping me consider the following things, which I am sure can use refinement, so feel free to chime in. Christians have a lot of freedom, as we’re given far more principles than we are hard-and-fast rules. In his letter to the Galatians, Paul notes that there are those “who slipped in to spy out our freedom that we have…

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Merry Christmyth

Merry Christmyth

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Reading Time: 2 minutesHave you seen a meme like this before? I see people posting ones like it, and information like it, quite often. Is it fake news?  Let’s look at just these three, and in fact, not all of the points they make, because to be honest, that’s not a good use of time. Note: Jesus was never said to have been born on 25th December in any part of early Christianity…

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