Tag: Religion
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March Musings – On Colossians and Gratitude
“Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.” – Colossians 4:2 We hear the concept of thankfulness a lot in the Church. Gratitude is no unfamiliar term for the Christian who has experienced nearly any worship service recently. But as I have been studying Colossians, I have some new insights on this practice. As someone…
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November Musings – Reflections on Hebrews
“These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised, since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect.” – Hebrews 11:39-40 In a world that demands immediate satisfaction, it can be difficult to be on the working end.…
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March Musings: On The Inconvenience of Believing
“For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.” – Luke 6:45 Paul Tripp once stated, “I am a man in moment by moment need of the rescuing grace of my Redeemer.” Such a short statement, captivated me by it’s depth. The other day, I was sitting and thinking of how to grow engagement…
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On the Significance of God’s Righteousness
“God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished— he did it to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and the…
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Daily Death For Eternal Life
“Relying on God has to begin all over again every day as if nothing had yet been done.” – C. S. Lewis I think the mind can often draw us towards two extreme ways of thinking. Either we fall into a place where we see ourselves as god, or we see the things, people, and…
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