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Piercing the Stony Heart

"I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of faith" Ezekiel 36:26 When I was a kid, we would play with Play-Doh. If you know what that is you will remember it was a colored clay. You could do many things with it. Mold it and shape it. Make things out of it. There were also toys you could buy to play with the Play-Doh. I seem to recall a barber shop, but I know there were many others. There were many things you could do. You were pretty much only limited to your imaginations when you used it. They came in separate cans to store it. However, if you forgot to after playing with it - there was a problem. It would get hard and you could no longer play with it. It became the consistency of a rock and could no longer be molded. Tossed out as it no longer had usefulness. The heart can be the same way. It can become very hard and stone like. When someone is like that you can tell right away by their wo...

False Preaching & Con Men

"Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?" Matthew 7: 15-16. The one thing that frustrates me the most is when people wave their bibles proudly proclaim themselves Christian and push a type of Christianity that I don't see in my Bible. Lots of politicians are this way - showing they are Christians on a topic or two but tend to have an agenda which contradicts Scripture. Unfortunately, there are lots of people who follow these leaders and accept their words without hesitation. Especially in the United States, there are people who worship a Jesus or a God not sen in the Bible. There is a sense that because we are Americans that we are especially blessed by God or that we deserve all sorts of good things because of our faith. Those that aren't as "successful" can be perceived as havin...