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Should we stop saying “the church hurt me?”
A GREAT read by Pastor Thabiti that we re-posted over on Redeeming Church Conflicts: Should we stop saying, “the church hurt me?”
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When My Dad Loved Me At My Worst
When My Dad Loved Me At My Worst Great story here from Justin Holcomb: Many of us think (whether we admit it or not) there must be some breaking point where our Father God gives up on us. Even if we successfully avoid believing this fallacy, others’ overzealous cries still reach our ears: certainly there must be some sin or amount of sin that is just too much. The flood My understanding of unconditional love and its implications deepened when I was 10 years old. Our neighbors had moved and they were trying to sell their house. One day I broke in through the back door and closed…
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The realization that my daily relationship with God is based on the infinite merit of Christ …
I’m reviewing Transforming Grace: Living Confidently in God’s Unfailing Love (by Jerry Bridges) for our “True Woman Discussion Course” tomorrow and I thought some excerpts might bless you too. Enjoy! “The grace of God is one of the most important subjects in all of Scripture. At the same time it is probably one of the least understood. All Christians by definition believe in grace. Many of us frequently quote Paul’s well-known words in Ephesians 2:8-9, “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast.” And John Newton’s beloved hymn, “Amazing Grace”…
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I Like You in Real Life But Not on the Internet
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Tending to thing temporal with a mind intent on things eternal …
From Georgianne’s cite of The Valley of Vision: Teach me the happy art of attending to things temporal with a mind intent on things eternal.