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When my beliefs (head knowledge) about God translate into life-changing experiences, He becomes very real to me; to the point where my beliefs are no longer just some empty values I hold, but are real principles that shape who I am and how I choose to live my life. For example, my beliefs turn into life-changing experiences that make God very real to me when I am minding my own business and all of the sudden an impression will pop into my head out of the blue to pray for someone near me who I never interacted with before. Or, when I am struggling with something in my life, and an impression comes up from seemingly nowhere (I am usually not thinking about that thing at the time) that makes something clearer than it had been before or directs me to a path I had not thought of before.

Like I posted, while there are multiple versions of this story that exist, I once used one version as the basis of a sermon.

Ii have heard stories how God used beautiful large stray dogs to protect people, i can easily imagine using lions, more than once. In Elisha's day God used bears to reprimand disrespectful young men. He used the man's own donkey to reprimand Balaam.

Sentient beings (angels and humans) were created with awareness/consciousness - of themselves, of their surroundings, and of their sensations. They were created with the capacity to consider their options and to make choices, based upon expected future outcome - as opposed to always acting from instinct. They did not loose that normal genetic trait when Adam sinned. Any normal human being has the capacity to believe, if he is given the information upon which to base belief. Hence the command to "go and teach". The only things that would hinder/prevent belief are 1. lack of information and 2. the desire to avoid compliance with the Law of God Samie, I feel you take Christ words "without me you can do nothing" to EXTREME. Do you think human beings cannot physically walk, or see, or scratch their heads - "without" Christ? Of course they can.

WHEN he came to believe, he came to regard his OLD LIFE as dead. Paul's OLD LIFE he regarded as "crucified" - LIKE CHRIST.

http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2010/09/22/art-entertainment/norman-rockwell-art-entertainment/rockwell-april1.html Norman Rockwell is well known for his magazine covers. What is not as well known is that on at least three occasions he painted magazine covers, intended to be published on April Fool's Day which contained many absurdities. The above URL presents three of these covers. You can enlarge each by clicking on it. Can you discover all of the "Errors?" It should be noted that the above URL provides the known answers. But, with the passage of time more errors are known now than when he first painted them. It is not clear that all are known. Test your ability to observe detail, and let us know how many you can see in a painting without viewing the answers. NOTE: When you enlarge the painting, the answers are covered up.

You won't forget this one: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7Zb0GObvwWzbWx3MHRRQXhTWmg0ZlBvcFdjREgtYzg2V0xN/view

don't do this in the morning http://www.madeon.fr/adventuremachine/

There would probably be a lot more Christians and a lot fewer members of denominations.