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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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Overcoming Tough Sins, Part 2; What’s Going on in Your Mind?
A week or so ago I began a series of postings on things that could help us to overcome tough sins. We started with bad company corrupting good morals (or intentions). Hopefully you’ve worked on changing the people and kind … Continue reading
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Tagged changing your thoughts, channels, Christ, courage, discipleship, faith, faithfulness, Gospel, hope, obedience, pattern, purpose, renewal, salvation, sin, the mind, wisdom
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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
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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
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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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The Encouragement of Involvement
After the defeat of Ammonites and Moabites, lands east of the Jordan River, the Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh came to Moses and asked if it were possible for them to settle east of the Jordan. They … Continue reading
THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT, Part 4
The last few weeks we’ve been giving a little deeper thought to the fruit of the Spirit. While we probably know the basic meaning of these qualities, I hope you’ve been made to reflect and examine “inspect” the fruit of … Continue reading
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Tagged change, discipleship, faithfulness, fruit of the Spirit, love, obedience, repentance, transformation, wisdom
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THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT, Part 3
Last week we launched off into some of the particulars of the fruit of the Spirit, love, joy, and peace; but of course, there’s more to this delightful fruit produced in disciples of Christ through God’s Holy Spirit. This time … Continue reading
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Tagged change, discipleship, faithfulness, fruit of the Spirit, fruitlessness, good fruit, love, obedience, repentance, transformation, wisdom
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THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT, Part 2
Over the last several weeks, on this bulletin page, we’ve been studying Galatians 5:19-23, the famous list of works of the flesh and the fruit of the Spirit. We’ve looked at the Biblical definition of the works of the flesh … Continue reading
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Tagged discipleship, faithfulness, love, obedience, repentance, wisdom
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Current Questions — The Role of Women
Over the last couple of weeks I’ve dedicated this blog space to a few of the doctrinal questions of our day. The questions have arisen not from some new evidence that someone has discovered calling into question long-settled Biblical doctrines, … Continue reading →