Tag: Christianity
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The Undiscovered Country
Sometimes change is painful. We may get so miserable in our current state that we take a step or two toward change. But then we feel that resistance. We feel those uncomfortable feelings of unfamiliar territory. And so we retreat. We “change back.”
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The Talking Dead
Perhaps you have considered what might be written on your tombstone one day, or what might be said of you at your funeral. We certainly want people to speak well of us when we’re gone. But in a sense we ourselves are still speaking, even after death, through the words that we have planted in…
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Barak — A Reluctant Leader
It is not easy to be the leader. Doesn’t the king lament that fact in Shakespeare’s Henry V? When plans fail, the leader gets all the blame, and even when he leads well, it’s usually others who benefit the most. The leader still has the pressure of maintaining and even building on any success.
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Walls Of Protection
When the Bible uses the wall-of-protection metaphor, it’s talking about defenses against Satan and his arrows. Now there’s someone who never approaches with any good intent, yet he’s so good at giving the appearance of an ally.
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Finding Things In God’s Word
Even though Jesus said, “seek and you will find,” it is possible to search the scriptures and not find eternal life.
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Faith As A Mustard Seed
With predators you don’t have to win; you just have to be more trouble than you’re worth.
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Lists
We like lists of do’s and don’ts. If we can boil right and wrong down to a list of rules, we feel we have a better idea of where we stand and where we need to go.
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Shame
There is a lot of inappropriate guilt that holds people back unnecessarily. But shame can serve a purpose, and I think it is a mistake to try to banish that feeling altogether.
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When God Doesn’t Answer
If you knew for a fact that God was not going to change any of your most negative life circumstances, what would you do?
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