March 1, 2025
This website is being constructed. As such, various parts will be changing, mostly to add new material but also with edits to posted content.
The Types of Conflicts that Fit this Site’s Purpose
There are many sources of feeling conflicted. This website is limited to a few of these. This website focuses on beliefs contradicting what we can see and touch and all other life observations. Although belief may conflict with life observations, those sources build each of our beliefs.
Prerequisite
| Process |
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| If unsure if you are a Christian, start with the article A Good First Prayer, in the More section. |
| Start with the article, 1-Preparing for Resolution of Conflicted Beliefs (below) |
Ongoing Condition
Above all else, respect God. To do that, you must identify who or what your god is.
Where do you place your allegiance, worship, time, and money? Once you have identified your god, then respect Him. The Bible uses many metaphors from everyday life to teach us about the nature of God, people, and the relationship between God and a person. A common one is to think of God as a father, our Father, who is in heaven, the only Father to love us in holy perfection.
Website Aims
There will be more detail in various articles which will be posted here. The limited list below is some topics that relate to conflict. The list is partly based on observation and reasoning. Reasoning always exists in a context, one worldview or another.
- Unique Christian perspectives that persist for generations continue for a purpose. Their purpose can be elusive. God can, and has worked through many of these.
- The Bible, theology, and, perhaps, some doctrines have been written (scribed) by real people. We use the term “scribe” to indicate that God dictated some parts of the Bible (verbatim) to the person we attribute the writing. Many parts were inspired.
- We hope for increased unity and a sense of togetherness throughout Christianity. We hope for unity as a family where the members like each other. We believe that one undergirding Spirit could enable understanding by each church recognizes value in the perspectives of other mainstream Christian churches.
What Matters
The believer representing the Christian faith to others in and outside the church should exude grace.
| Recent updates |
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| - Luther Pt 1, 2, and 3 draft, posted in Conflicted, 3/1 |
| - minor Bible Versions footnote update 3/1 |
| - Glossary, in More, word list update 3/1 |
| - Bible Interp 1, in BnB, edits, additions, 3/1 |
| - Bible Interp 2, in BnB, 2/28 |
| - Bible Interp 1, in BnB, edited, 2/27 |
| - Blog-Devotioanl, #340, Church 2/24 |
| - Blog-Devotioanl, #330, Seeing Miracles 2/22 |
| - Blog-Various, reposted, added #1050 post, 2/21 |
| - Blog Synopsis added at the end of each blog 2/21 |
| - Bible Interp 1, in BnB, edit, Bible Versions 2/20 |
| - Blog-Devotioanl, poor and salt, 2/16 |
| - Glossary, in More, ‘agnostic’ correction and other additions 2/14 |
| - Blog-Devotional, post 260 edited, 2/11 |
| - Blog-Devotional, Sacrifices, post 300, 2/8 |
| - Blog-Devotional, post 260, 2/7 |
| - Blog-Devotional, post 290, 2/7 edit |
| - Bible Interp 1, in BnB section, 2/7 in editing |
| - Glossary updates. 2/5 |
| - Bible Interpretation has been removed from Devotional Blog and Glossary. It is a WIP and will be added to the website section BnB in a few days. |
| - Glossary in More, Introduction clarifications, Bible interp added 2/1/2025 |
| - About-2 in About, clarifications |
| - Blog-Devotional, post 240, in editing |
| - Blog-Devotional, post 220, Glory to God |
| - Blog-Devotional, post 200, Seconds are Enough |
| - Blog-Devotional, post 190, I Know Whom I Have Believed |
| - Blog-Devotional, post 180, Eternity |
| - Revival, edited Nov 2024, copies moved to Conflicted |
| - 1 ÷ 0, BnB section, prayer/presence nexus, 10/12 |
| - Prayer, the Breath of Life, Sect BnB, 10/4 |
| - Doctrine+Theology, Conflcted, the use of passion 10/3 |
Luther Part 3
March 1, 2025 DRAFT Version
Luther - Part 3
See the end of the article for the series description.
Emotional Health
Recall personality traits reported by Sproul. Below are paraphrases of the unpleasant descriptions of Luther from the video.
- Luther was so extreme by the use of ’elevated’ (actual word: bombastic) that some thought he was mentally ill.
- Luther was arrogant.
- Modern psychoanalysis suggests Luther may have been emotionally ill.
Predictably, Sproul questions the correctness of psychoanalysis performed 500 years after the subject has died. However, let us list options for how to understand Luther’s issues.
Luther Part 1
March 1, 2025 edits
DRAFT version
Luther-Part_1
Martin Luther: Fully Surrendered? A Deficit Remains?
See the end of the article for the series description.
Luther’s Extremes
Abstract
Martin Luther wrote and publicly displayed 95 Theses, which opposed some of the church’s teachings. From this, the Reformation was born. Accounts described his emotions as causing problems for those who were around him. Today, a medical professional might prescribe treatment. Yet God used him. How might we understand how Luther’s education, emotions, and one or more authorities worked together for the glory of God? This paper proposes that Martin Luther was the ideal person to bring about a significant change to Christianity.
Luther Part 2
March 1, 2025 edits
DRAFT version
Luther - Part 2
Martin Luther: Fully Surrendered? A Deficit Remains?
See the end of the article for the series description.
Confessions
Goto end for series synopsis.
Abstract
This abstract approaches the topic differently than the abstract in part 1.
This paper, in three parts, offers a reason why God chose Martin Luther. If God’s choosing were equated to God controlling Luther, then for many believers, the outcome would be less impressive. Here is why: most Christians believe that God made people with free will. As beings created in His likeness, with a free will to choose to love our Father or reject His love, we who choose Him are excellent choices for an all knowing God to spend eternity with. Free will to make good choices and bad, learned temperament possibilities, and various inherited characteristics all work together to make a very complicated person; each person that has ever lived is complicated�.
Theology and Doctrine
October 3, 2024
Doctrine and Theology
Website Purpose
This website is intended for those who are struggling with the faith. As such, the hope is that by describing the Christian faith somewhat differently, people may find a reason to stay in the faith and the church. One way is to clarify what is actual versus metaphor. Literal or figurative.
This Article is Intended to be a Work in Progress (WIP)
Some people leave an organization due to being conflicted about what it teaches. This article will be developed over time to cover various church teachings from mainstream viewpoints. Some content below also appears in other areas on this website. The release date of this part had been intended for a later date. The wording of our expressions regarding the website needed clarification.
Judgement: Right? Wrong?
September 14, 2024 DRAFT
Judgment, Right or Wrong
Are We Held Responsible for All Shortcomings?
Abstract
This short article describes a method for determining innocence or guilt when out of compliance with God.
This Website
This website is a safe space for all, no matter where you are on your spiritual journey. You may have a healthy, robust spirituality or starting to doubt Christian teachings. We’re here to provide ideas that are perhaps alternative to the ones you are beginning to doubt.
Christian Revival
August 10, 2024 November 6, 2024, Edited
Christian Revival
Christians Awake!
I have heard increasing talk about revival. At a recent service, the speaker said the country’s revival would not come until Christians have a personal renewal, which includes repentance. After brief contemplation, many would agree. Some believe the sins a Christian commits pose no spiritual risk to their standing before God. This belief is a comfort to many. An alternative perspective is that knowingly opposing God’s will creates a sense of guilt in the believer, and as with Adam and Eve, they perceive a rift. The rift is in a relationship that only exists through the Spirit, between God and a person. Whatever rift may exist, God’s nature has not changed; the person chose to disobey.
1 - Preparing for Conflicted Beliefs Discussion
February 7, 2024 Rewrite
Version 0.1
1-Preparing for Resolution of Conflicts
This website is intended for believers dealing with one of two challenges. One, God seems silent or distant. Two, a feeling of conflict regarding the faith.
Introduction
Some believers are wrestling with contradictions in the faith. Some believe their spirituality could be better or have been better if not for the sense of contradiction. We will present some ideas for dealing with those later through a series of tests. Before getting started, let’s make sure we are practicing good spiritual habits: Spiritual Nourishment.