“For You are not a God who delights in wickedness; evil cannot dwell with You.” – Psalm 5:4 (HCSB) People often ask how a Good God can send people to Hell. Heaven: More Than a Reward Heaven and Hell are more than mere places. Heaven is eternal communion with...
Articles by Matthew Semrau
Non-religious Argument Against Homosexual “Marriage”
Equal Rights Let’s dismantle this argument about “equal rights.” First, you must establish that the institution of marriage IS a right. Then you must DEFINE that institution. For most Americans, the institution of marriage is the union between two members of opposite genders with the potential (but not the...
A One-Sided Conversation
Me: It shouldn’t read “Right-Wing” it should say “Some Christians Claim”… Most of the Christians I know are Conservative, Right-Wing Christians (myself included) who would scoff and rebuke anyone making that claim. Me: They are all over the place. The article itself even quotes a few. A handful of...
(Mostly) No Politics For a Week
Barring something earth shattering, I’m going to take a break from politics for an entire week. It’s going to be my fast. As you know from this site and my Facebook page, I’m constantly sharing and commenting on the current political scene. Although it’s good to be involved, I’ve...
Rebuking “Conservatives”
I’m a Conservative. No surprise there. I take my political and religious beliefs very serious. Of course, like most anyone, I do differ on some issues (I’m unsure about the death penalty), but if you have me take a political quiz I’ll almost always come out “Conservative”. Because of...
Legalize Prostitution – Not just about “me”
So, occasionally, I have these discussions on Facebook that I just feel the need to share. This time a Facebook page I was on proposed that prostitution should be legal. The Conversation Matthew Edmund It is a crime. It damages and demoralizes both men and women. It opens society...
The Robot Corpses
As part of a writing exercise, I wrote this ending to a story I’ve never made. It is a bit brutal and violent, but that was kind of the point. The idea was to create an extremely dramatic ending where the antagonist dies leaving you wondering…who was this great...
HumblePray: Spread the word on Facebook
Visit us on Facebook (FB.me/HumblePray) or on Google+ (plus.JesusIsRisen.org) Unfortunately, with how the current marketing/advertising scheme of Facebook is, the average post on our page never sees more than 20 of our fans. This is due in large part to Facebook introducing the “Boost Post” button. For a fee,...