John Clayton
John Clayton
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The denominational world tries to pressure its members to focus on the birth of Christ, but in doing so layers of guilt are imposed, and competition gets complicated as one Christmas program tries to outdo the other.
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Was the real Jesus of history one and the same as the Christ of faith whom we read about in the New Testament and worship in the church? Was Jesus really raised from the dead? Is he really the divine Lord of lords?
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Not only are Christians writing about Jesus, but also Communists, Jews, atheists and agnostics are taking up their pens to paint a portrait of Jesus.
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Christmas is the antithesis of Thanksgiving. Christmas is pretty much a man-made holiday.
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There was no instruction to be thankful that the Christians were special people, chosen people. There was no nationalistic, political or ethnic superiority to be thankful for.
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The emphasis on the birth of Christ tends to polarize our pluralistic society and create legal and ethnic belligerence.
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Could the one whom Christians worship be merely a mythological creation, or is he real? These questions have exercised many great minds and have been the dominant issue in New Testament studies during this century.
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Thanksgiving is a time when the world gets to see just how blessed and how workable the Christian system is. The emphasis is not on giving or buying, but on being thankful and expressing that appreciation to God and to one another.
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Christians were instructed to serve others, and the thanksgiving was for the grace of God and the fact that God offered a way for man to return to a positive relationship with Him.
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Right now, there aren't enough players to expand from 32 teams. They're having a hard enough time getting a team in Los Angeles. You and I will be long gone by the time they go to Las Vegas.
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I don't say this lightly; I had my own system in the (circuit court) office and then the state took it over. Sometimes it gives me answers that are obviously wrong. I'd hate to see some student get his ears cut off because the computer said to do it.
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One thing that's great is if you're staying downtown at the Renaissance, you don't even have to leave the hotel. The hotel has been fantastic and the people are real good. So far it's been great.
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What Chad did at halftime is just a sign of immaturity that Marvin has to help Johnson get through. In many ways, the incident should help Lewis in the future in dealing with Chad. ... Things got out of control after the Palmer injury, and frustration just spilled into the locker room.
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I believe any question that man can ask has a reasonable answer-at least an answer that is as consistent with God's existence as it is in opposition to God's existence.