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Christmas Warm and Fuzzy? It's Actually About Conflict
This may come as a shock to some, but Christmas is not about love, peace, harmony, and sipping hot cocoa with family around a crackling fire. Christmas is actually about conflict. It always has been—and it always will be.
Greg Laurie,
Does God Disrupt our Peace ~ Christine Malkemes
Dear Sister Disciple, The heart of Christianity is not so much that we should be ready when He comes, but that we should place our relationship with Him above all. If He has to disrupt our peace to get our attention, then He will. Reading Plan: Luke 12:49-53 Not Peace, but Division Every year, a …
Christine Malkemes,
Theological math
By Elizabeth Prata Add The preaching of the true word of God always pierces hearts. “So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls.&#8…
Elizabeth Prata,
Peace - The Vulnerable Fruit of the Spirit - Bravester
We would rather hustle to numb the pain so we can find that elusive peace again. But is it peace you are looking for? Or control over your life?
Brenda Seefeldt Amodea,
Discerning Beth Moore and Joyce Meyer’s discussion on "Enjoying Everyday Life" about "unity"
On August 18, 2014 I published an essay regarding the joining of Beth Moore and Joyce Meyer on Meyer’s television program, “Enjoying Everyday Life”. Moore and Meyer, along with fr…
Elizabeth Prata,
Max Lucado's Endorsement of Jen Hatmaker: What it Means and Why it Matters
In the past couple of years, Jen Hatmaker has received quite a bit of attention, not only as a New York Times best-selling author and social media sensation, but also as one of the most high-profile Christians to affirm same-sex marriage. This ignited a controversy that lit up the blogosphere...
Alisa Childers,
Did Jesus Ever Label or Exclude Anyone?
​It's inevitable. I post something on social media that challenges the status quo of post-modern relativism, and someone comments something along the lines of, "But Jesus never excluded anyone!" or "Labeling people is wrong!" or "Jesus promoted tolerance!" When I hear claims like this, I often wonder if the commenter...
Alisa Childers,
When should we rebuke and when should we show meekness and gentleness?
Jesus rarely used strong words There are only a few occasions in the Bible where we can see Jesus using some “strong words” and where he called people “names”, but unfortun…
Annika Björk,

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