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Category Archives: Christian Mission
Understanding Your Divine Purpose: Chosen Before Time
I follow a minister of deeper things. His name is Doug Fortune. His question for today is Did your story really begin at birth? Or were you chosen before time? My answer to that question comes from scripture. According as … Continue reading
Posted in Absolute(s), Abundant life, Biblical teaching, Christian, Christian Mission, Common Sense, Follow God, God's Calling, God's direction, God's Guidance, Ponderings, Priorities, repentance, Respect for Life, Salvation, Sobering Thoughts, Spiritual Growth
Tagged bible, christianity, faith, god, jesus, Salvation
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Understanding the Spirit vs. Worldly Thoughts
1 Corinthians 2:12 – Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God. To those who lived … Continue reading
Posted in Abundant life, Biblical teaching, Christian, Christian Mission, Common Sense, Follow God, God's direction, God's Guidance, Maturity, Mental Health, Ponderings, Possibilities, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Investment
Tagged bible, christianity, faith, god, jesus, life, old age
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No More Condemnation
My heart aches for America. It is dying. Dying without repentance. The nature of man has been degraded and demands the evil that men create in the minds of so many today. I long for Americans to lay down this … Continue reading
Posted in Absolute(s), Abundant life, Biblical teaching, Christian Mission, Common Sense, Follow God, God's direction, God's Guidance, Maturity, repentance, Respect for Life, Righteous alarm, Sobering Thoughts, Spiritual, Spiritual Growth
Tagged bible, christianity, faith, god, jesus, life, Salvation
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Overcoming Fear of Public Speaking
Here’s a statement that I take to be true. My wife says I talk too much sometimes. I tell too much, too. My contention is that in sharing what I feel, I reveal myself in a way that connects with … Continue reading
Posted in Abundant life, Biblical teaching, Christian, Christian Mission, church, Common Sense, Failure Not An Option, Follow God, God's Calling, God's direction, Growing up, Maturity, Memories, Patience, Sobering Thoughts
Tagged bible, christianity, faith, fear, fear of public speaking, god, jesus, life, overcoming, public speaking, understanding fear
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Gift of Infallibity
I have recently come to find the Catholic church has a supposed Biblical gift I was not aware of. The Gift of Infallibility. I tried to look up the validity of it, and all I got in my searches refers … Continue reading
Posted in Absolute(s), Biblical teaching, Christian, Christian Mission, Common Sense, False teaching, Follow God, God's Guidance, Maturity, More of God, Ponderings, Righteous alarm, Sobering Thoughts, Spiritual, Spiritual Gits
Tagged bible, catholcism, Christian teaching, christianity, faith, false doctrine, god, jesus, knowing God, relationship with God
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How Do I Study?
When someone reads the Bible, we must interpret scripture not only for what it seems to say, but also to understand the cultural setting in which the scripture was written. We often overlook much of what the Bible says by … Continue reading
Posted in Biblical teaching, Christian, Christian Mission, Common Sense, Follow God, More of God, Ponderings, Salvation, Spiritual Growth
Tagged bible, christianity, faith, god, jesus, Salvation
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Strange Days
I’m not nearly as close to who I personally used to be. My studies have opened my eyes to things I never dreamed about. I know I have someone somewhere concerned about just where my mind is. Old age is … Continue reading
Somethings Wrong
I’m told the church is full of imperfect people worshipping a perfect God. I say that is true. I’m one of the imperfect. There is something wrong that I find I have to address without making it an issue that … Continue reading
Posted in Biblical teaching, Christian, Christian Mission, Failure Not An Option, Family, Follow God, God's Calling, Hope, Maturity, Mental Health, Mission Work, More of God, Old Age, repentance, Righteous alarm, Sadness, Salvation, Sobering Thoughts, Spiritual, Spiritual Growth
Tagged bible, christianity, faith, god, jesus, life, repentance, Salvation
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Getting Older
Old people like me try to side-step getting old by not saying “I’m old”, but saying I’m older. That doesn’t sound like much, but it says a lot. It’s a non-admission of getting old. I’m presently 74 years old. I … Continue reading
Posted in Abundant life, Biblical teaching, Christian, Christian Mission, Common Sense, Death, Failure Not An Option, Follow God, God's direction, God's Guidance, Hope, Maturity, Old Age, Ponderings, Salvation, Sobering Thoughts, Spiritual, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Investments
Tagged bible, christianity, death, faith, god, jesus, life, old age, Salvation, Work
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Life Is Changing
It’s been a long time since my last post. I have changed so much in my absence from this blog of mine. I once thought I had it all together. I’m pretty sure I did. What changed? I got lax … Continue reading
Posted in Abundant life, Biblical teaching, Christian, Christian Mission, Common Sense, Death, Follow God, God's Calling, God's direction, Growing up, Hope, Love, Mental Health, Mission Work, More of God, Old Age, Patience, Ponderings, Possibilities, Priorities, Righteous alarm, Salvation, Sobering Thoughts, Spiritual, Spiritual Gits, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Investments
Tagged bible, christianity, death, faith, god, jesus, life, old age, Work
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