Wes Widner on June 29th, 2009

I’ve read many things about God’s judgement recently. Judgement of nations1 , judgement of groups2 , and judgement of people. The concept of God’s judgement is apparently a very misunderstood and frequently misrepresented and since it has the potential to do great harm to a believer’s growth or an unbeliever’s understanding of the relationship between [...]

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Wes Widner on June 20th, 2009

Last summer our family got the privilege to take 2 vacations lasting a week a piece with my mother, father, aunt, sister, and her family. Quite a few people in all including 7 children with ages ranging from 1 to 12 years old. During the first week we decided to hold nightly devotions and, being [...]

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Wes Widner on June 15th, 2009

The difference between The Shack and something like a systematic series by Bruce Ware is that The Shack is simply a poor theological work which displays the confusion and inner turmoil of the author((Such as his gender identity issues, mentioned in Q&A times, as well as a host of other issues. In fact, it is my conjecture that The Shack is a therapeutic work hat should have never been put into publication.)).

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Wes Widner on June 10th, 2009

Listening for the voice or looking for the will of God are trendy topics these days. Much ink has been spilled and many conferences have been produced around the simple question; “What does God want me to do?”. WWJD indeed? For those of you who are wondering about the phenomenon I am talking about, here is [...]

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Wes Widner on June 7th, 2009

If by secularism we mean philosophical naturalism in the sense that the only reality is the physical reality of atoms, particles, and “laws of nature” to the exclusion of metaphysical constructs such as a soul then our biggest hurdle to overcome, long before we deal with the grounds of any objective morality, is to answer where we get the notion of “ought to” from.

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Wes Widner on June 2nd, 2009

My wife and I recently moved to Atlanta and will soon begin “shopping” for a new church home. Since there are so few resources available when it comes to church shopping I figured I would post how we plan on doing it.

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