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Your Future Depends on the Free Will of God
When scientists try to make predictions about the future based on past events, they are in grave error. Scientists often believe in a deterministic universe of causes and effects. They will look, for example, at someone’s medical history and give them a ‘prognosis’ based on records they have kept. But in reality, God controls the Continue reading
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Emotional Abuse: It’s Complicated, but God Can Help
I was close to my mother. She passed away from cancer when I was in my early twenties. Her illness followed a period of great tension and conflict in her marriage to my father. I have often wondered about the connection between abuse and cancer. I have wondered whether my mother became ill because of Continue reading
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Empathy Heals Mental Illness
I’m thinking about starting a charity called Empathy. Today, I was feeling paranoid. It came over me like a wave. Ever since my suicide attempt last year I have struggled with loneliness, seemingly unable to find love and support, even from those who used to be my closest friends. The problem, it seems, is that Continue reading
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Resuming Guitar Playing!
Dear friends, It’s really wonderful to be playing guitar again, albeit rather tentatively, following my spell in intensive care. I wrote a new chorus section for a song this evening and it reminded me of how joyful songwriting is. Hopefully my arm will continue to heal and I can resume playing guitar again properly. That Continue reading
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If You’re Suffering With Sickness, Disease, or Depression
Good day, friends, It’s true! Life can be a very strange muddle. But there’s one thing I know… God is good! If you’re going through hell… keep going! I know that depression can be overwhelming. I know that, at times, the forces of darkness and evil can seem strong. Trust God. Whatever it is you’re Continue reading
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Letting Go of Anger
In reality, there is one God, sovereign over the entirety of creation, unfolding His masterplan for Planet Earth and all other planets. As part of God’s activity on Earth, the human beings He has created experience a broad range of emotions, and these emotions are a defining characteristic of relationship, both relationship among creatures and Continue reading
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