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Did God send the Virginia Tech gunman?
Posted by Eric Stillman on April 24th, 2007 under Virginia Tech, Suffering. [ Comments: 5 ]

I hesitate to write this, because I hate to give publicity to those who don’t deserve it, but since I find this line of thinking creeping into the heads of Christians in other subtle ways, I think it needs to be addressed, so here goes…

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Virginia Tech: A first person account
Posted by Eric Stillman on April 17th, 2007 under Virginia Tech, Suffering. [ Comments: 1 ]

I am sure that many of you are shocked and saddened by the tragic events that unfolded at Virginia Tech yesterday as you listen to the stories and imagine what it must be like to be a student or parent of a student there today.  Two couples who have been part of our church over the past couple of years, Jesse & Kim Christophel and Eric & Brandie Couch, are recent graduates of Virginia Tech.  I’d like to share with you Eric’s brother Michael’s thoughts on the situation (Michael is currently a student at Tech), and intersperse some words from the Bible throughout to help us lift our eyes to our loving sovereign God.  Sometimes it’s just better to let God speak for Himself.

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FavoriteFINALLY, a church you can attend in your underwear
Posted by Eric Stillman on April 10th, 2007 under Evangelism, Internet. [ Comments: 17 ]

There are some churches that are still arguing over whether or not drums and guitars should be allowed in the church.  There are other churches that still think it’s a sin to wear jeans to Sunday service.  And then there are churches that are ready to send someone to the moon or hire Bible-quoting androids if it means bringing more people to Jesus.

You might want to sit down for this one…

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