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Why Is Belief Necessary For Salvation?

May 26, 2016 Matt 3 Comments

The Christian gospel is simple. The idea is that everyone has sinned at least once, and because we've sinned we all deserve to go to Hell for eternity (a bit harsh, but that's the story). The only way God can save us from Hell is to become a human and sacrifice himself to himself … [Read more...]

Christianity, God blood, forgiveness, heaven, hell, jesus

LTMFS Part 43: Big Sins and Little Sins

August 3, 2015 Matt Leave a Comment

Letters to My Former Self by Southern Skeptic

16 years ago, I wrote this in my journal: I think one reason I've repeated the same little sins over and over is because when I repent of those “little” sins I don’t have the same deep abhorrence far them as I do for “big” sins. It was one thing to stop smoking pot and looking … [Read more...]

Letters forgiveness, heaven, hell, justice, sin

LTMFS Part 37: Which Interpretation?

June 27, 2015 Matt Leave a Comment

Letters to My Former Self by Southern Skeptic

16 years ago, I wrote this in my journal: What would Jesus do? Good question. I’ve never taken it as seriously or asked it as often as I should. I started reading a novel called In His Steps by Charles Sheldon and it’s all about that question. Mom and Dad would disagree with … [Read more...]

Letters faith, grace, heaven, hell, works

What Do You Mean I’m Not An Atheist?

June 1, 2015 Matt 8 Comments

No God Up Here

I recently came across yet another article that claims atheists don't really exist. This is a very common argument among Christians. To them, the existence of god is so obvious that they simply can't grasp the concept of not believing. So the only explanation that makes sense to … [Read more...]

Atheism, God belief, faith, heaven, lies, selfishness

Heaven ISN’T For Real

March 26, 2015 Matt 17 Comments

Heaven, Hell, and Christian Sociopaths

Although Christians are confident they will spend all of eternity in Heaven, many of them don't seem to give it much thought. This is very strange to me. If Heaven is forever, then Christians will spend virtually all of their existence there. In fact, their time on Earth will … [Read more...]

Christianity, God afterlife, bible, heaven, heaven is for real, hell, revelation

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