Author: Odain Barrett
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Jesus said, don’t judge?
By: Odain Barrett You’re having a challenging conversation; the behaviour of a person is the topic of discussion. Someone quotes some of Jesus’s words from His famous Sermon on the Mount, and says, “well, Jesus said, ‘not to judge’(A) so you can’t judge.” Well, that settles it, doesn’t it? Well not exactly. What was Jesus…
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A New Heaven and A New Earth
By: Odain Barrett The author of this article (Laura M.) comments on a research paper release in March 2021 in Nature Geoscience, by Ozaki and Reinhard1. Where the authors speak of intensity of the heat emitted by the Sun heating up the planet as a key driver resulting in future decline in CO2 bringing about…
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What if God was One of Us?
(A)Joan Osborne sang a hit song called One of Us that was released in 1995, written by Songwriter Eric Bazilian. If you’re not familiar with the song I would encourage you to check it out. It’s an interesting, thought-provoking song and partly the catalyst for this musing. Let’s begin by looking back to approximately 700…
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Transformational Invitation
Early in Mark’s Gospel we have recorded for us a historical account of Jesus’ invitation to His first disciples. (A)“And Jesus said to them, ‘Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men.’” Jesus’ invitation to His first disciples is still His invitation to everyone after (see Mark 8:34). It’s an invitation to…
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