Becoming involved with an Alpha course while comfortably expressing the Christian Journey in words that appropriately connect with and for all

An assertion that this world is an ideal environment for human learning suggests the possibility that it might of been constructed by God for that purpose, which immediately brings us to discussion about the Notion of the Soul.
In the book "People of the lie" Keats refers to this world as "The Vale of Soul Making,"which means we're here to learn and be prepared.
This belief is one that Christianity and other religions have in common with reincarnation theory, which suggests the we're her to get rid of "Bad Karma" and to learn lessons that are necessary so that we can eventually make the transition beyond.

It has been long believed that the reason we are here is to learn, which is to say, to evolve. By "Evolve" means to progress.

Simple English:When people learn, they are in a position to Pro-gress (Move Forward)  as opposed to Re-gress (Move Backward).
We defy imaginations to construct a more ideal environment for human learning than this.

Having to learn everything from scratch has an addtional simple English that says we were not good listeners and observers where forced choices between lesser of two evils guarantees pitfalls experienced on the path we are heading.




A big part of learning can come about where political folly deemed it's memberships as good role models yet reality appropriately compasses the negatives toward what not to be, do, or pursue.

John Q. Public's greatest learning triumphs will always be best secured where early recognition  properly identified it's candidate Bumbles by psychiatric instincts were wrong.

A good measure of any current political party philosophy generally resides where first months of prior residency generally appeared  terribly confusing until general taxpayers realized that the Incumbent Bumbles was usually wrong.


Usually, integrity reveals what the Right Thing is to Do by comparing candidate judgments to Incumbent Bumbles thinking.

A fundamental medical approach may resemble the basic tenet of a Dr. if went to that basically asks, "Well this man is diagnosed as schizophrenic and he kind of looks like a schizo schizophrenic..... and Dr. Bumbles said, Oh definitely - a classic case of schizophrenia, we then knew it was right to Doubt the Diagnosis. Or if queried as "This patient doesn't look schizophrenic, but we wonder if he or she may be, because of how he or she acts, and Dr Bumbles responded, "Oh no question, he or she is not schizophrenic, then that investigate is right to suspect Schizophrenia.

So in learning from key points associated with electoral college, John Q. Public must 'Keenly' perceive the nuances that allow voters to distinguish between Good and Bad Teachers.

When we as nation fail to make these distinctions, general masses develop the directional neuroses of those bad role models like children that feel they must behave the same way as the influential adult.

It is from these poor souls that faith has learned to Pray almost daily that nation will become better prepared and able to give up whatever control needed to do so only worrying that this Righteous Learning honors God while under God will Continue.

The Very Last Thing Jesus Told His Followers was, "You will be my witness" (Acts 1:8)

A witness is simply someone who tells what they saw or heard or experienced.

A witness tells the story of what happened to them. Anyone who follows Jesus has a story to tell and No Story is Boring or Uneventful.

Every Disciple has the very life of God pulsing through his or her body.

Every Disciple has been set Free, Released, Redeemed, Forgiven, Made New and Inhabited by The Holy Spirit.

All Disciples have stories of God's work in their lives that are meant to Help Set Others Free.

Testifying to this Good News requires no Strategy Program. It Depends on Responding to the Spirit's Nudge to Open Your Mouth and Heart for the Sake of Others.

Paul, the First Great Missionary of the Church, told his story in myriad ways, suiting his message to his audience.

In Athens, Paul argued with Greeks, quoting philosophers and using apologetics to present the Good News of Jesus. (Acts 17).


In Corinth, Paul lived in community with Priscilla and Aquila. He supported himself by making tents so he could stay long enough to plant a church. In Rome, Paul spent two years in his own rented house "and welcomed all who came to see him. Boldly without hindrance He Preached the Kingdom of God and Taught about the Lord Jesus Christ" (Acts 28:30-31). In Jerusalem, Paul told of His Conversion (Acts 22). When on trial before Felix, Paul Defended himself and gave and account of his belief in the "resurrection of the dead." Paul suited what he said to who he was with. He didn't have a Formula for Witnessing. But He Did Have a Desire to Share The Life-changing Love of Jesus that Couldn't Be Shut Down.

Still Paul Knew that it was not up to him to convert anyone.

In 1 Corinthians 3:6 he writes, "I Planted The Seed, Apollos Watered It, But God Made it Grow.

God is the one who draws People to Himself, and He is Pleased to Use Us in The Process.



The early church continued to follow Paul's and Jesus' example. Believers Committed themselves to Living the Christ-In-Me Life in the Midst of the world.

Writing to non-Christians, the early church father Tertullian said in The Apology, "We live in a world with you. We do not forsake forum or bath or workshop, or inn, or market, or any other place of commerce. We sail with you, fight with you, farm with you."

Whiteness to the Life-changing Jesus happens on the Job and in the Everyday Comings and Goings of Life. The Litmus Test for Witness is Not Simply an Ability to Explain Good News.

IT IS THE WAY YOU LIVE THE GOOD NEWS.

"Our communication of the gospel depends not on human strategies or well-polished techniques or even brilliantly reasoned arguments but on Divine Initiative. It is the Hidden Work of the Holy Spirit that gives our words meaning and Power and that Produces Changed Hearts." 

- Rebecca Manly Pippert

"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and Teaching them to Obey everything I Have Commanded You."

(Matthew 28:19-20)

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