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I tend to settle on a subject to study and meditate on for what usually ends up being a year or two. The last subject was the nature of God – His holiness, omniscience, eternal nature, etc. One thing I had come to understand, if God does not take the effort to reveal Himself to us, agnosticism is the best you can do. God is so far beyond humanity that humans will never be able to reach Him.

Earlier this year, I realized I had gotten all I could out of that topic and it was time to ...

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It came to me that I should explain why "Thinking on the Way" is my blog title.

I am attrached to the truth that God reveals in the Scriptures. I recognize from Scripture how much I and all the world have fallen away from what God desires and we need a Savior to restore us to God. I know a lot of people talk about the love of God. For me, its the truth, the absolute truth of God.

The obvious Scripture for me then is John 14:6 "I am the way, the truth, ...

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This is sort of a continuation of the Sugar and Salt post...

I've read that one problem with the Internet is its now really easy to find sites and people that confirm your opinion. For example if you believe Jesus is a Space Alien, there are 18 million hits on Google for you're reading pleasure.

I just have this fear that I'm only reading what I want to read or confirms my opinions. Is this a problem? Do you do something to break out of the "bubble?"

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Essentials
These are non-negotiable and I will accept someone as a Christian who accepts these.
1) I believe in God, eternal and existing outside of time, perfect, holy, and in three persons (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit).
2) I believe Christ Jesus is the Son and:
a) Christ Jesus is God Incarnate as a man in the hypostatic union
b) Christ Jesus was born of a Virgin
c) Christ Jesus lived a Sinless Life and is the example of how I should live my life
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Updated July 27th 2012 at 10:44 PM by Thoughtful Monk (Spelling and clarification based on RBerman's comment)

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