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Family Communications, Part 6; Upon Confession & Repentance, Forgive!
In the last installment of this series of blog postings, we took a look at how important it is to confess and ask forgiveness, when you’re wrong. By the way, just in case it hasn’t occurred to you, you will … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christian Leadership, Christianity, New Testament, Parenting
Tagged forgive, obey, pardon
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Family Communications, Part 5; When You’re Wrong, Admit It and Ask Forgiveness
Have you ever known someone who “couldn’t be wrong”? My bet is that you’ll say “YES!” And maybe an eye-roll or a head tilted toward the person you have in mind will accompany your answer. This is a problem that … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christian Leadership, Christianity, New Testament, Parenting
Tagged confession, forgiveness, hope, love
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Family Commuication, Part 4; Avoid Using a Loud or Angry Tone
We’ve been thinking about healthy communication skills in this blog space for the last several days. We’ve talked about the importance of listening and letting the other person finish talking, the clear wisdom of thinking before you speak, and “speaking … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christian Leadership, Christianity, New Testament, Parenting
Tagged anger, escalation, kindness, loud, love, tone, voice
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Family Commuication, Part 3; Speaking the Truth in Love
We’ve been thinking about healthy communication skills in this bulletin space for the last couple of weeks. We’ve talked about the importance of listening and letting the other person finish talking, and the clear wisdom of thinking before you speak. … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christian Leadership, Christianity, New Testament, Parenting
Tagged children, communication, family, husband, love, parenting, truth, wife, wisdom
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Overcoming Tough Sins, Part 5; Pray and Fight For It
Over the past several weeks I’ve been writing occasionally about overcoming tough sins. We started right after New Year’s Day, because that is the traditional time for making resolutions about improvements for our lives. We have talked about how some … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christian Leadership, Christianity, New Testament
Tagged courage, discipleship, faithfulness, fear, fight, hope, meaning of life, obedience, prayer, sin, spiritual warfare, struggle
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Overcoming Tough Sins, Part 4; Watch Others Do It Right
Over the last few weeks I’ve been writing about how to overcome especially difficult sins in our lives. I’ve discussed eliminating the bad company in our lives who encourage sinful be- havior, learning how to change the channel, and finding … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christian Leadership, Christianity, New Testament
Tagged courage, disciple, discipleship, example, faith, faithfulness, fathers, hope, Jesus
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Overcoming Tough Sins, Part 1
OK, so here we are several weeks (at this point) into 2018. How’re your new year’s resolutions? I’m hopeful that you’re doing well, but if you’re like many of us, you’ve had a stumble or two already. Is it time … Continue reading
Posted in Bible commentary, Christian Leadership, Christianity
Tagged addiction, bad company, discipleship, discipline, hope, influences, obedience, overcoming sin, tough sins, wisdom
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The Marks of Commitment
I was reading a fortune cookie the other day: “Punctuality is a mark of commitment.” Now, I don’t take fortune cookie philosophy too seriously, but it did cause me wonder, “Is that true, and what are the marks of commitment?” … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Leadership, Christianity, Church Growth, New Testament
Tagged all in, Christ, commitment, courage, discipleship, faithfulness, judgment, justice, leadership, love, meaning in suffering, meaning of life, obedience, persecution, perseverance, purpose, religion, sacrifice, suffering, volun, volunteer, wisdom
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Family Communication Rules Avoid Nagging
Over the last several days we’ve been taking a look at some of the most common pitfalls of the way families communicate. This time we’ll be considering a problem that is among the most often complained about, nagging. Nagging is … Continue reading →