theology
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Encouragement of the Day
“We do not need the grace of God to stand crises, human nature and pride are sufficient, we can face the strain magnificently; but it does require the supernatural grace of God to live twenty-four hours in every day as a saint, to go through drudgery as a disciple, to live an ordinary, unobserved, ignored Continue reading
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Encouragement of the Day
“In general, Jesus doesn’t spend a great deal of time qualifying his points and making sure that everybody understands him clearly according to the recent political correctness. I am afraid liberal people are just as trapped in political correctness as are conservatives. Liberals often want you to say what will be inoffensive to any ego, Continue reading
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Encouragement of the Day
“Christianity began not as a religion, but as a way of life shaped by the gospel. The pattern of that way is the loving service of Jesus, consummated in his self-giving on the cross. Paul made it clear that Christian worship is our own self-giving in similar service, enabled by the Spirit who dwells within Continue reading
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Encouragement of the Day
“The revelation of the Bible is not that Jesus Christ took upon Himself our fleshly sins, but that He took upon Himself the heredity of sin which no man can touch. God made His own Son to be sin that He might make the sinner a saint. All through the Bible it is revealed that Continue reading
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Encouragement Of The Day
“To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it. ” – Saint Augustine Continue reading
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The importance of mystery
More and more, I’m convinced of the need to see the world afresh and anew. We are a society that has accumulated millions and billions of data about everything. And somehow, this strange phenomenon has not caused us to wonder about the world but instead has done the exact opposite. We now think that we Continue reading
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The importance of community
I think we live in a world where it’s so easy to feel alone and isolated. I have talked to so many friends who pretty much said this very thing. When they’re going through a really tough situation, or encounter personal problems, they feel like they can’t tell anybody about it. Not only that, but Continue reading
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A New Beginning
I made the leap. It’s a scary leap for me. I’ve had a number of blogs in the past but this is the first time that I have a blog that has my name in it. It absolutely scares me. I know how the Internet can get and that’s why I have stuck close to Continue reading
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