Opinion

Recently, I was questioned on my views of salvation and how I preach it. I figured the best way to try and articulate my thoughts would be to write them down. First, my backstory. I grew up sixth generation pentecostal. As such, I’m extremely familiar with pentecostal theology and its views on salvation. I say views, plural, because there are several views from the past hundred years that the theology has built up from.

Sitting on a pew a couple of times a week, I hear familiar theology as what I grew up in. Yet, even today I see distinctions between the theologies. I wouldn’t say that the pastor at my local church community assembly is ignorant of the scriptures, because that would be untrue. In fact, he is very skilled with knowing verses. Yet, he rarely touches upon certain topics. And while I am not yet sure of the reason, I can gather that the primary reason he hesitates to speak on certain matters is for one reason: doubt.

Doubt is a powerful blocker. It places one into a vulnerable position, one that, if in leadership, cannot be taken lightly. Imagine a preacher that teaches “what the Bible says” while also having a background in ministry. That is, the preacher was taught what the Bible says in the teacher’s point of view.

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This article mentions political themes within and outside of the American education system.

Parents often wonder whether their kids should be homeschooled or attend a private or public school. Individuals looking to attend college consider between private and public colleges. Some consider self-taught or some college without the degree behind it. Education, no matter how it happens, is important.

However, are all colleges the same? No. Is all education good? Probably not. Why, not even all public schools are the same, which are federally funded.

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We had the opportunity to sit down with the creator of the game, The Prophet. Now, PCOR9 is allowing the game to use our server as other hosts have shut the site down. After speaking to the creator, we’ve decided to also keep it up, only if they did an interview explaining some of the controversy behind the game. So without further ado, let’s get started!

Ethan (interviewer):

This game seems to have some controversy behind it. Mind telling me a bit behind that?

DramaticPhilospher (creator):

Yeah, so, the game’s fandom got shutdown or deleted, don’t really know which one. The reason behind that, I can only assume was hate speech. Don’t get me wrong, I…, well, I’m not a hateful person, but sometimes things come out in ways we don’t expect.

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First off, Arabic is NOT the only language I’m interested in. I’d love to learn these languages: Korean, French, Hebrew, and Greek. Two of those, Hebrew and Greek, are for religious purposes due to them being Biblical languages. But Arabic? Arabic only has the Quran, right? Nope! Here’s my reasons for learning Arabic.

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An articulated thought on on pornography and its effect on men.

Warning: Not intended for readers below eighteen years of age.

Our society has an issue with pornography which stems from a lack of self-discipline and meaningless values. Society uses a form of feminism (if it can even be called feminism) of such radical intent, that men have become monstrous victims. The American society spiraled towards depravity and degradation of values which were once held so close.

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