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What Gives Christianity the Right to Exclusiveness?
Website DIVISIONS (Over 600 articles to help you to grow in every facet of your life) Written by Jimmie Burroughs Email this article to a friend With hundreds of religions in the world, what gives Christianity the right to exclusiveness? When the rest of the world leans toward universalism, why is Christianity still insisting that Christianity is the only true religion? Isn’t that kind of unfair to all the well meaning people in the world who truly worship God in their own way according to their own traditions and convictions? Who gave Christians the right to say that the only way to go to heaven is by believing in Jesus?…
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Is the American Dream Now the Impossible Dream?
Website DIVISIONS (Over 600 articles to help you to grow in every facet of your life) Written by Jimmie Burroughs Email this article to a friend It was James Adams who coined the term “The American Dream” back in 1931. Remember, that was just a couple of years after the bottom fell out of the economy, resulting in the worst depression this country had seen or has seen since. So I would say Mr. Adams was really being optimistic. I wonder if he would still be that optimistic today if he were still living? I for one doubt it and I’ll tell you the reason why. By 1931 the industrial…
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For Many Are Called But Few Are Chosen…
Website DIVISIONS (Over 600 articles to help you to grow in every facet of your life) Written by Jimmie Burroughs Email this article to a friend “For many are called and few are chosen is the last verse of a parable that Jesus spoke shortly before he went to Jerusalem to be crucified. A parable is a word picture of a deeper truth. On this occasion Jesus wanted to demonstrate how that all people are called to salvation but only a few will be chosen. That statement begs the question: does God randomly chose some and reject others? You need to see the context from which it comes to understand.…