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I feel the tension. The rationalization of Christianity presses in on me from all sides. Work ethic, frugality, modesty, morality, rigidness, conservatism, theology, old fashioned puritanism, all conspiring with one another to hold back my faith instead of letting it go. My spiritual life … [Read more...]
How close are you to God? I don’t mean how close do you feel toward God. Rather, how close does God consider Himself to you? A sudden surge of emotion—a reply to what someone says, a response to something someone does, a reaction toward what you see or hear—cools down as quickly as it … [Read more...]
I shouldn’t receive or reject a thought based on it being right or wrong, but whether or not it comes from God. Once I create a right versus wrong atmosphere for my mind to think in, I’m left with fighting the bad and finding the good. I become responsible for searching out … [Read more...]
Sometimes the future seems so clear and cloudless, and at other times murky and muddy. Given the choice, I would prefer to look at life through a clean window than one streaked with dirt. But what happens when life gets really fuzzy and unclear? In those times when I can’t clearly … [Read more...]
My relationship with others deepens only as I choose to reveal myself. Revelation gives birth to relationship. While taking a walk the other day, I came across a grasshopper on the side of the road. Interestingly enough, when I approached, it didn’t hop away. It just sat there. The … [Read more...]
A couple of days ago while I was spending some quiet moments with the Lord, I asked Him to give me one word. I just wanted one word from Him. I knew that one word from God was worth more than a thousand words I could conjure up in my own mind about God. What would such a single word from God … [Read more...]
Today I have the opportunity to learn and know more about God than at any time in my life. Commentaries, books, study guides, online sermons, all promise to advance my Christian life. And though these resources support my purpose to know God, at best they only give me the ability to know about … [Read more...]
I just realized the title I’ve chosen for this article sounds a bit confusing and chaotic. But I think you’ll quickly pick up on what I’m asking, so I’m going to leave it as is. Have you had that moment (or moments) in life when you realized that living for the things in this world offers … [Read more...]
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