james bond
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This is a tangent, but it may allow others to understand Christianity and the afterlife. William Lane Craig, the Christian apologist, said that he became closer to God because "I remember when as a non-Christian I first heard the Gospel. I was leading a pretty morally upright life—externally, at least—, and yet when I learned that according to the Bible, I was guilty before God and therefore on my way to hell, I had absolutely no problem believing that. When I looked into my own heart, I saw the blackness within, how everything I did was tainted by selfishness. I knew how wretched I was really was." In other words, it's not easy to be good. It's easier to give that appearance when deep down, that isn't the way you think or feel. Furthermore, no one is good enough to merit heaven just based on good deeds. We still do not measure up to Jesus' moral law.
WLC is an old earth Christian, so a new Age Atheist wrote him -- Will God's Judgement Be More Tolerable for Atheists than for Young Earth Creationists?
Will God’s Judgement Be More Tolerable for Atheists than for Young Earth Creationists? | Reasonable Faith .
It's an important lesson in that even though we judge ourselves as being good by our actions and deeds, our thoughts and moral values count just as much. It's one of the things Christians come to face with in following Jesus towards a better afterlife.
WLC is an old earth Christian, so a new Age Atheist wrote him -- Will God's Judgement Be More Tolerable for Atheists than for Young Earth Creationists?
Will God’s Judgement Be More Tolerable for Atheists than for Young Earth Creationists? | Reasonable Faith .
It's an important lesson in that even though we judge ourselves as being good by our actions and deeds, our thoughts and moral values count just as much. It's one of the things Christians come to face with in following Jesus towards a better afterlife.