r-alan-woods

After witnessing the inauguration ceremonies, I am compelled to state how deeply grateful and infinitely thankful and eternally blessed I am to and by God for the privilege of being born and for living out my life in this amazing country- The United States of America

When we give our heartbreak to God, he fashions it into a softer and even more loving heart."~R. Alan Woods [2013]

Do I believe in demonic possession?My thinking is more aligned with 'demonization' in the context of Christianity & Spirit-filled believers, whereas I am quite certain an 'unbeliever' can possibly become 'possessed' by a demonic spirit('s).

You can't fix stupid

Envy is a buzz killer."~R. Alan Woods [2013]

Quite aside from supernatural experiences, after having given this much thought and extensive consideration, I am quite certain that it is Christianity that is based in Objective Reality and Truth and is therefore validpp

As Christians it is not just for us to know what we believe, but why we believe it".~R. Alan Woods [2012]

Love is faith in action." ~R. Alan Woods [2006]

I contend that those who Agape can only administer mercy and grace."~R. Alan Woods [2012]

Unlike 'other' religious belief systems in competition with Christianity, we have not been called to become 'absorbed' into the deity but rather brought into communion with God through union with Christ thereby maintaining our unique individuality and personal identity

No one is perfect and perfectly holy but God alone".~R. Alan Woods [2012]

In my opinion, anyone who says they have no anxiety at all over experiencing their own physical death is not in touch with their humanity".~R. Alan Woods [2012]

We die well when we die with purpose fulfilled".~R. Alan Woods [2012]

There are things far worse than death, for when it comes to us it is final. What lies beyond it is a matter of faith in what we had hope for.

To us post-moderns, empathy is a stranger in a strange land". ~R. Alan Woods [2012]

There are sins much more serious than socio-pathologies which really are mental illnesses, whereas self-righteousness is an illness of the soul.

It is widely unknown, but nonetheless true that Catholicism fervently promotes the 'spiritual disciplines' whereas Protestantism has largely neglected them altogether. Does 'volunteerism' facilitate the formation of Christ's character in us or rather does it reveal our level of Christ-like maturity through the work of the Holy Spirit in us? Jesus modeled son-ship and gave all of His time, shared his talents,and invested all of His treasure while affirming others as He proclaimed through demonstrations the Kingdom of God.'Christ-likeness cannot be self-efforted' (Woods, 2007)." ~R. Alan Woods [2013]

The synoptic Gospels of the New Testament manuscripts make us aware of Christ's character and gives us a view of the 'son-ship' He modeled which flowed out of that Divine character." ~R. Alan Woods [2013]