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You can be a Kingdom Builder.....

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God Can Use Anyone: •              Moses stuttered. •              David's armour didn't fit. •              John Mark was rejected by Paul. •              Timothy had ulcers. •              Amos' only training was in the school of fig-tree pruning. •              Jacob was a liar. •              David had an affair. •              Solomon was too rich. •              Abraham was too old. •              David was too young. •              Peter was afraid of death. •              Lazarus was dead. •              John was self-righteous. •              Naomi was a widow. •              Paul was a murderer. •              So was Moses. •              Jonah ran from God. •              Miriam was a gossip. •              Gideon and Thomas both doubted. •              Jeremiah was a bullfrog; •              Elijah was burned out. •              Martha was a worry-wart. •

Kingdom Builders

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Sometimes we think that the meaning of life is found in accomplishments and recognition, but in the end we realize that this way of life is meaningless too! Have you ever noticed how often it is that the private lives of famous people are a mess? And yet somehow the world still manages to convince us that it would be great to be famous, to be widely recognized and rewarded for our accomplishments. Some people have a list of things they want to accomplish in life; they are certain that these accomplishments will make them feel fulfilled. But when they accomplish all their goals and still feel empty, they become disillusioned with life. Like Solomon, they discover that this way of life is not full of meaning. Accomplishments only become meaningful when God is at the center of them. God has made faith the only way to live! No alternative is offered. 'Without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists and th

Cultural Relativism

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Cultural relativism is the mistaken idea that there are no objective standards by which our society can be judged because each culture is entitled to its own beliefs and accepted practices. No one can object to any society’s intolerance that reflects its indigenous worldview. Because there is no objective moral truth that pertains to all people and for all times, one moral code is no better or no worse than any other (i.e., the moral equivalence doctrine). Thus, we should not impose our values on other societies. It follows that, according to cultural relativism, we cannot object to Hitler and Nazism, Mayan infant sacrifice, China’s massacre of students in Tiananmen Square, South Africa’s apartheid, genital mutilation (i.e., female circumcision) of young girls in Africa, and so on, because each of these practices is justified by the worldview within which it exists. Nor could we contend that one culture is superior to another culture. In addition, we would also be prevented