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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
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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
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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
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Tagged children, communication, family, husband, love, parenting, truth, wife, wisdom
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This Little Light of Mine
It’s a simple song, but it has a profound message—straight from Scripture—”This Light of Mine”. It comes from a the Sermon on the Mount, where Jesus tells us that His disciples are the light of the world (Matt. 5:14). Let’s … Continue reading
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Tagged church, deeds, discipleship, distraction, faith, faithfulness, growth, leadership, light, love, meaning of life, obedience, religion, sin, truth, works
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Don’t Forget to Tell the Kids
Has it ever occurred to you that maybe Santa Claus gets more notice and prominence than Jesus at Christmas time? That the gifts under the Christmas tree get more attention than God’s gift of His Son, which is what the … Continue reading
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Tagged Christ, Christmas, Gospel, holidays, hope, Jesus, leadership, priorities, reason for the season, religion, salvation, Santa Claus, truth, wisdom
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Christian Leadership, Part 3
The last two posts we’ve been considering the Bible’s teaching about leadership. These considerations are different from worldly, secular exercises of leadership. It begins with the motivations of service, the knowledge of how to follow, and and the Christian attitude of … Continue reading
Christian Leadership, Part 2
In my last post I began a short series on Christian leadership. Again, this isn’t a prelude to the process of appointing elders, which is usually one of the only times we visit the topic; but it about general Christian leadership … Continue reading
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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 →