Henceforth we should not serve sin. Romans 6:6

“Christian, what do you have to do with sin? Has it not cost you enough already? Burned child, will you play with fire? When you have already been between the jaws of the lion, will you step into his den a second time? Have you not had enough of the old serpent? Did he not poison all your veins once, and will you play upon the hole of the asp and put your hand on the serpent’s den a second time? Oh, do not be so foolish!

Did sin ever bring you real pleasure? Did you find solid satisfaction in it? If so, go back to your old drudgery and wear the chain again, if it pleases you. But inasmuch as sin never gave you what it promised to bestow, but deluded you with lies, do not be snared a second time by the old fowler. Be free, and let the remembrance of your ancient bondage forbid you to enter the net again!”

*Taken from Charles Spurgeon, Evening by Evening, devotional for May 30.

This article is based on a blog post. I felt it would be stimulating and perhaps useful to some in dealing with those who argue against the existence of God, His involvement in His creation, or those who deny the non-physical realm. Ed.

Third Dimension Intelligence
By Rusty Leupp

In this article, I challenge the very existance of the third dimension of intelligence and make a startling correlation between the third dimension of thought and the non-physical realm we so long to deny. Well, here we go:

Intelligence is always an interesting topic, because we all know what it is, but nobody can really define it. It’s like in geometry, you had your three undefined terms: point, line, plane. Well, intelligence is kind of an undefined term here. What is it? Are computers intelligent? Most would say no. They can many times calculate and recall information immensely better than humans, but is the ability to calculate and remember intelligence? How about the ability to reason? To look at a problem and come to a solution? Computers can do that too. You can program a computer to find it’s way around a randomized maze that’s different every time. Any decent chess program can beat me in chess. How about animals? Are animals intelligent? They respond to their surroundings and many times use a mild degree of strategy to attack other animals. Is this intelligence? I would say Read the rest of this entry »