Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Call Me Rebekah
GO AHEAD. CALL ME SPOILED. I don’t want to be like Ruth waiting on my Boaz. Remember, Ruth was widowed, homeless, an illegal immigrant, and working in a pauper’s field for food. I’m not knocking her. She’s the grandmother to King David. I just don’t want her experiences. I want to be like Rebekah. Remember…
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Deeper Definition John 3:16
Father God made no geographical distinction when He said “the world”. Father made no conditions of race, gender, or class when He said “whoever”. Jesus didn’t come to condemn the world. But He did come to save the WHOLE world, not just the parts we think are acceptable. The pronouncement of judgment upon us came…
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The Tablecloth
Day by day it’s so easy to compare our morality to those we see and know. We walk around with a sense superiority, thinking to ourselves “at least I don’t do that”. However, the fact remains that none of us is perfect. Sin is sin. No matter how big or small it seems to us…
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Open Ended Assignments
Hey. Did you know i used to be a flight attendant? Back in the day, when i was on reserve, i used to get assigned trips which my airline called “open ended.” This meant they didn’t have an actual flight assignment for me yet but would fly me out to another base operation of flying,…
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I Bought These Shoes…
And this pair cost me plenty. I paid for them with my abusive, corrosive, toxic, dysfunctional childhood. I walked through the valley of the shadow of death in these shoes. These shoes are the result of the cost of my anointing. The hard press for oil is the price I paid for these shoes. I…
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Jesus: The Fluff or the Real Stuff?
Jesus is so often portrayed as a small child or as meek and humble or even a slain savior on the cross.that it’s easy to recognize the Him religion has portrayed Him to be. Those portrayals are familiar and non-threatening to the general public. It tends to make the masses believe the images being fostered…
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Andrea’s Psalm. What is yours?
IF YOU HAD TO WRITE A PSALM (A HYMN OF PRAISE) TO GOD, WHAT WOULD IT SAY? DAVID WROTE FROM HIS EXPERIENCES AND HIS HEART. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO GOD FROM YOUR EXPERIENCES? WHAT DOES YOUR PSALM SAY? SHARE WITH US… Andrea’s Psalm of Praise: Adoringly I give myself to You; Bestowing my heart…
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Royal Realities
Hello your majesty. I PETER 2:9 BUT YOU ARE A CHOSEN RACE, A ROYAL PRIESTHOOD, A DEDICATED NATION, [GOD’S] OWN PURCHASED, SPECIAL PEOPLE, THAT YOU MAY SET FORTH THE WONDERFUL DEEDS AND DISPLAY THE VIRTUES AND PERFECTIONS OF HIM WHO CALLED YOU OUT OF DARKNESS INTO HIS MARVELOUS LIGHT. (AMPLIFIED) Blessings your majesty. When you…
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Leaders, take heed… revisited.
There will be many who read this warning and only see judgment. But for those who have eyes to see and ears to hear, this is a loving tap on the shoulder to realign themselves to the righteousness and holiness of God. My prayer is that you are the latter and not the former.
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Deep Sea Diving
So you think you know me. You used to know my dirt. You participated with me when I did it. Your definition of me is 20 years old. Or 7 months. Or so 5 minutes ago. Don’t you know I’m a new creation in Christ? I asked you for forgiveness, you said okay. I asked…
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