Purpose

Wes Widner on March 11th, 2011

[HT Uncommon Descent]

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Wes Widner on February 15th, 2011

In Heretics pg. 16-17 G.K. Chesterton writes: Nobody has any business to use the word “progress” unless he has a definite creed and a cast-iron code of morals. Nobody can be progressive without being doctrinal; I might almost say that nobody can be progressive without being infallible at any rate, without believing in some infallibility. [...]

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Wes Widner on January 28th, 2011

I’ve been watching Disney’s Toy Story trilogy with my kids recently and something has occurred to me. They all deal with the question of eternal destiny. Toy Story 1 In Toy Story 1 we get a glimpse of hell with Sid’s room and treatment of his toys vs heaven with Andy’s room. The story begins [...]

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At a wedding the other night I wittnessed an event that charactarized the state of marriage in America. This event ocurred when it came time to throw the bouquet and fling the garder belt, a tradition which supposedly determines or indicates who is the next to be married. First the women When the bride went [...]

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Wes Widner on November 22nd, 2010

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Wes Widner on July 28th, 2010

At the core, all counseling is religious or, at the least, pseudo religious. Counseling, by its very nature, deals with ultimate purpose and teleological design so that any advice one gives a person in a counseling setting is necessarily moving them towards what they believe to be the ultimate meaning and/or purpose in life. -Wes [...]

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Wes Widner on September 29th, 2009

I think that question really depends on how you define the phrase “meant to be”. If the question is whether every life is infinitely valuable to God and worth a chance at a full life then I would emphatically say yes, the Bible teaches that all life is precious. If you are asking whether God [...]

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