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The Privileged Life: Looking for the Cross
“But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.” (Galatians 6:14) A fellow blogger, Mama Lava, has …
Nancy C. Williams,
Are You Sending Your Daughter Mixed-Messages on Body Image?
Let’s just get real: When has an, “It’s what’s on the inside that counts?” speech ever solved anyone’s body image struggles?
Heather Creekmore,
The Placebo Pastor: are you one? - Charles Stone
In today’s vernacular, the word placebo refers to sugar pills given to patients for various illnesses. Although the pill has no medicinal value, the patient does not know that. The origin of the word I describe below, however, provides a memorable word picture for people pleasing,[1] the theme of my next book due late this … The Placebo Pastor: are you one? Read More »
Charles Stone,
Zoom Out: When Life Hits You Sideways — Carol McLeod Ministries | — Carol McLeod Ministries | Find Joy in Your Everyday Life
From Christy Christopher: It is so easy to fixate on what I am seeing with my eyes and feeling with my emotions. The temptation to hyper-focus on the waves and wind is almost irresistible.
Carol McLeod,
Boasting in the Cross
Contributor: Chad Roberts “I’ll cherish the old, rugged cross till my trophies at last I lay down, and I will cling to the old rugged cross, and exchange it someday for a crown.” These …
Kenneth Chad Roberts,
The Heart of the Gospel
In the opening words of his first epistle to the Corinthians, Paul wrote, “Christ did not send me to baptize, butto preach the gospel” (1 Corinthians 1:17, emphasis added). Just a few verses later, he wrote, “We preachChrist crucified” (1 Corinthians 1:23, emphasis added). Then a paragraph or two after that, he wrote again, “I
John MacArthur,
Returning to the Church’s “Core Business”
The church is no retail outlet. But we can learn from one such outlet and return to our “core business.” The cross. Let’s make the main thing the main thing!
Lynn H. Pryor,
The World's Empty Souls & Empty Promises - Filled & Satisfied in Christ! - Damon J. Gray
The Machine I am uncertain how long she had been standing there, faithfully working the vending machine, attending to it with both her time and her money. The entire time I stood in line at the checkout stand to complete my grocery purchase, the woman fed one bill after another into the mouth of the…
Damon J. Gray,
How do I overcome sexual lust and sin in the world?
HOW DO WE OVERCOME THE WORLD STRUCTURE 1. Recognise that you are not of this world- if you don’t want to be overwhelmed by the strategies and principles of this world, vocalise this stateme…
Babatope Babalobi,
Do we understand how MUCH of an offense the cross was?
By Elizabeth Prata But as for me, brothers and sisters, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross has been eliminated. (Galatians 5:…
Elizabeth Prata,

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