Consider THIS from a Friend: “If you doubt that GOD could love you and still allow you to experience difficulties in life, look at JESUS’ life. Born sinless, went 33 years without sinning 1 time, GOD spoke aloud 2 times saying how proud HE was of HIM....
CBB 8/6/2017 When asked what programs “work”, my response is that any of them work, if one actually works the program. Readiness and commitment are vital….. After missing a couple of days with students due to a cold this week I went to Titus 2...
From 8/6/17- Shared by Kimmy Hoffman Brown How much do you know? HEDONISM VERSUS CHRISTIANITY Hedonism has continued as a significant philosophy, and more important, as a pattern of life, up to this day. One thing should be noted here: hedonism is a secular...
I had previously explored the cultural deception revealed through common use of language that would have one think of herself as primarily identifying with the physical self in the physical realm Not So Little Things…. and the need to think biblically instead of...
In every one of the Gospel accounts Jesus told his followers to GO! Go and make disciples….go and preach…go and proclaim the kingdom….go and bear fruit…. The Gospel is an action-focused imperative to GO. Matthew 28:19: Therefore GO and make...
A beautiful reflection by Sarah Westfall……. worth the read. I remember the year I was 29 was much like this, full of uncertainty. I wish turning 30 had resolved it, but I spent much of my 30’s like the dandelion seeds, blowing in the wind. It would...
From post on July 30, 2020….in observing “the summer of love” among “mostly peaceful protestors”…. Whoa…… now here’s a racist conspiracy theory quote if I ever saw one: read in an article about black violence in...
Another great article by Dr. Timothy Tennent of Asbury Theological Seminary…… Moses: The Great Deliverer Deut. 5:6-21; Acts 3:17-26; Matt. 5:17-20 “The theological structure of the Old Testament serves to prefigure Christ, Who is the subject of...
Things I have learned and am required to address regularly: With women in recovery, I find that they have a very “loose” definition of “lie”. Lying by omission appears to never be considered a lie to them. Being presumptuous in willfully...
Loved watching a TED talk by Suzanne Simard about her 30 years of research in forests in Canada on how trees communicate with one another and transfer molecular nutrients through microrhizzal networks. I’m an arboreal enthusiast, having spent lots of time in...
