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<p>Are you a worrier? Has anyone just told you flat out that worry is a sin? Worry is a great tool for our enemy. He keeps us so wrapped around the axel that we can’t see which way is up for imaging what might happen if we take our eyes off the imaginary balls we’re juggling. Stop for just a second and let your worry creep in… See how easy it is suddenly to lose sight of God?</p>
<p>In my own kitchen, I have a very particular way about things. I also have a method when I cook or bake that involves making a hot slinging mess across every conceivable surface. Sometimes my husband wants to come in to the middle of the slinging and begin to “help”. Can I just tell you how insane it makes me? Do you need me to explain, ladies? Sometimes it's hard to know when to help and when to get out of the way, but I find that as in the temporal so in the spiritual.</p>
Regarding the question of “closed” or “open” communion, these terms have different meanings in different churches. Some churches restrict participation in the communion ordinance only to those who are professing Christians, while others may go fur...
Paul tells the Church to pray without ceasing as part of a concluding series of statements in his first letter to Thessalonica: 1Th. 5:14 We urge you, brethren, admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with every...
<p>Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day was circumlocution-the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea. There are some situations, however, where using more words is helpful...or even holy.</p>
<p>I’ve been reading a book lately that is way above my pay scale, but I’m plowing through. From the first chapter it has been all up in my business and I’ve had to put it aside several times while I simmer down. It has held a mirror up to a corner of my life that I thought was a non-issue. I am deeply convicted. And deeply conflicted.</p>
While our ministry does not offer personal counseling or advice, we can explain the meaning of 1 Tim 5:8. When seeking to interpret scripture, it’s important to understand the text in its proper context. The full context of 1 Timothy 5:8 is: 1Tim...
<p>Sometimes when I walk, my husband walks with me. (See my last article for how that goes. He’s a runner. He has very quick pace. Need I say more?) I walk head down, literally, because I can’t see much without my glasses and I need to concentrate! He walks head up looking around, noticing things. He often gives me the play-by-play about the morning dog party, what bird is singing, what neighbor is traveling, and yard maintenance. One thing we both notice is a squirrel plummet.</p>
<p>I walk every morning. Every single morning. I can’t remember a day that I skipped. I will skip many things, but I dare not skip my walk or I might never get started again – a body in motion and all. I have a love hate relationship with my walk. But what I really hate about the walk is when there are other people out walking at the same time.</p>
The sixth commandment's prohibition against murder doesn't preclude taking any life under all circumstances. Murder means the unlawful taking of life. In the commandment against murder in Exodus 20, the Bible intentionally uses the Hebrew word rat...