Conflict Resolution.

God is in the business of conflict resolution.

God loves all of His children.

He does not adjudicate but puts disputing parties together to work through their differences.

That is not to say that God condones violent or abusive behavior.  He does not adopt a retributive approach, however, but always a restorative approach.

Major conflicts in our world include: gays and religious conservatives, Liberals and Conservatives, religious and atheists, religious and Satanists, Socialists and Capitalists, Patriarchal and Feminist.....

These conflicts can only be resolved through dialogue.

God condemns no one.

No one will perish.

So we must initiate conflict resolution at once.

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Fear.

When God touches our hearts and opens the doors to Paradise we may experience hindrances.

This is fear - either our own fears or the fears of those around us.

But there is only one thing that will stop us from entering and that is fear.

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Sex is Love.

Now that AIDS is virtually cured we can return to the belief that sex is life.

But that is not to say that we should return to the promiscuous sexual practices of the 1970s.

The lessons learned from the AIDS Pandemic should teach us to be cautious in our sexual experimentation.

And the institution of Gay Marriage has given us a viable alternative.

But the vital belief is that sex is love.

And as the consummation of love sex is faithful.

So feel free to express your sexuality as an adjunct of love.

Then you will be safe.

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Ask Not.

Ask not what your God can do for you.

Ask what you can do for your God.

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A Big Heart.

Be as strong as a bull

and gentle as a lamb.

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Backwards.

Any advertising featuring backward letters or images must be suspected of Satanic influences.

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Buy and Sell.

"Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, so that no one can buy or sell who does not have the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name."  Revelation 13:16,17 (NRSV)

[Scripture quotations (marked NRSV) are taken from the New Revised Standard Version Bible. copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and are used by permission.  All rights reserved.]

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