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 Reconciliation is an act of restoration. It assumes a separation between parties that needs due to differences that must be resolved. It can refer to a balance sheet with entries that have not been double-checked for accuracy, and the act of ensuring that when you add the credits to the debits, they add up to zero. In scripture, reconciliation is somewhere between the two.
Hosea 3:1
[ Hosea’s Reconciliation With His Wife ] The LORD said to me, “Go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another man and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes.”
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One of the difficult aspects of Christianity is the sheer number of ideas upon which one can build their faith… or wreck it. Some build their faith on their confidence that people don’t choose God; God chooses them. This can also bring doubts, wondering whether God really chose them, so does their choosing God really matter? On the other hand, if they choose God, they’ll find that God actually chose them first, and then they build their faith on that. Foundation: God chose them.

Some people build their faith on the idea that they cannot earn their way to Heaven. Good thing, because of the past wrongs they’ve done in their life. But, they believe in Christ’s sacrifice for them and …

I have just finished writing several articles for http://GeoCreationism.com discussing death and Original Sin. For reference, here are the articles:

Our Death in Adam
Genesis 3:6-7
1 Corinthians 15:21-22
Romans 5:12

The common message is that death entered the world through the sin of Adam. However, there appears to be more than one meaning for the word death. This is commonly overlooked in discussions on original sin, regardless of one’s perspective. For example, when it comes to Original Sin, many YECs (Young Earth Creationists) always interpret “death” as physical, while many OECs (Old Earth Creationists) always interpret “death” as spiritual. Either extreme leaves any interpretation of scripture wanting.

There are three kinds of death in scripture, when it comes to sin. They …