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- for now, over coffee
- church isn’t a class you go to
- the places doors take us
- though I oft left Thee
- I love teaching children
- Buckets that leak
- Who is the Holy Spirit?
- Are you walking at a distance from God?
- no matter when or where you’ve lived
- Why do we respond to beauty like we do?
- self-hate, or what God says about you
- if you haven’t read it…
- Depression: an embarrassment to be hidden, or a door for grace to enter through?
- when I need an attitude check
- Were you hired at the eleventh hour?
Top Posts & Pages
- A royal diadem in the hand of God?
- Lean hard.
- What to do when my heart grows cold
- As a weaned child
- Talking to myself vs. talking to God
- passing through walls like rocks pass through water
- the teaching of kindness is on her tongue
- Leaving the Land of the Deadly Ifs (part 2)
- words with power to crush and tear
- Does it really matter how I talk? (part 1)
Tag Archives: treasuring Christ
the essence of saving faith
“Saving faith is not the persuasion that in the resurrection Jesus rose bodily from the grave. That persuasion is essential to saving faith, but not the essence of it. The devil knows that Jesus rose from the dead, and he … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity
Tagged believing faith, Luke 16, not mere assent, Piper, resurrection, saving faith, Savior and Lord, Tissot, treasuring Christ
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Fear the wasted life, not the wounded one
If you live gladly to make others glad in God, your life will be hard, your risks will be high, and your joy will be full … Some of you will die in the service of Christ. That will not … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Faith, God
Tagged Christian life, glad in God, I John 4:4, James 1:2-5, John Piper, life purpose, Matthew 10:39, meaning in life, treasuring Christ, true happiness, true joy, wasted life, wounded life
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Even More Beautiful 