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To paraphrase Paul, he also who reads Harry Potter reads in honor of the Lord, since he gives thanks to God; while he who abstains, abstains in honor of the Lord and gives thanks to God Rom For me to do that would be, in the biblical sense, a skandalon , because my use of my liberty would be tempting a child to violate his conscience. This is but one sample of the complicated ways in which our gospel liberty is to be used or foregone depending on the higher question of the law of love. My recommended reading is Romans 14, in which Paul again deals with the matter of how to deal with the brother with a tender conscience and, just as importantly, how the brother with the tender conscience must avoid becoming a judgmental Pharisee.
For Jesus is quite plain: One way to do that is, as my reader did, to fold prayers for bin Laden into more general prayer for the dead.
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Hand them over to God, relinquish your anger, disgust, and contempt for them, and their cold, dead hand no longer holds your ankle in its grip — and they can no longer cause you to stumble. Anything that trips us up in our complete faith in and obedience to Jesus is a scandal. When the scandal is about a sin, the trick is to distinguish between Jesus and the sinner who represents Him.
When the scandal is about something Jesus demands that is beyond us to deliver, our task is to ask the help of the Holy Spirit to obey. And when the scandal is about some matter of Christian liberty, our task is to discern whether the law of love demands we stand our ground against Pharisaism or surrender our rights for the sake of the conscience of another. The whole thing is summed up in the old saying: Shea is a popular Catholic writer and speaker.
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Supposedly, there are even phrases a Freemason can utter when facing grave danger — causing other members to rush to their aid. The founder of Mormonism, Joseph Smith, is said to have uttered this phrase in the last moments before his death. This is one of the best-known facts about the Masons, but the general perception is that they have just one password. In fact, there are several passwords for various occasions and reasons.
This secret word is used only for ceremonies: The initiation rituals- though described by Masons as beautiful ceremonies — include a noose. Freemasons believe that the east symbolizes rebirth. They sing the sun in its flight — marvelling at its passage through the sky.
Masonic lodges tend to be built in the east and in the west, as an attempt to control solar power for their own purposes. The first requirement is that potential members must believe in a higher power of some sort. Well, that offer is brought to Adam and Evia Langston. However, Evia does not like the guidelines of receiving the money because Adam is the key factor in the deal.
Even after committing her life to Christ, she still feels like she is in charge and in control over everything.
That is, until she meets handsome Germaine Williams. He totally brings Jules out of her comfort zone.
Jules and Germaine are instantaneously attracted to each other and begin to develop a wonderful relationship. But their whirlwind affair comes to a screeching halt when Jules suspects Germaine is involved in some illegal activity. Did Germaine fool Jules into thinking he was a great man? Are they able to find a way to work things out?