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March 25, 2010

The Fruit of Self-Control

The irony of how I have put off writing this blog entry is not lost on me. The subject is the fruit of the Spirit of self-control. It was supposed to be yesterday’s entry. I have sat down to write this several times only to...

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March 23, 2010

Patience Is a Good Deed

I have been pondering what I wrote yesterday about the connection between faith and works, wondering what really constitutes “works” and who should get the credit for them. First, I want to say that I can’t take the credit for the good works or deeds...

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March 22, 2010

Faith, Hope, and Love

In Christian theologies, there is often a tension between faith and works, and the relationship between the two is often misunderstood. Ephesians 2:8-10 says: For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—...

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March 20, 2010

Do Not Judge

This post has been wandering around in my head for several weeks. This morning I told a friend that I had been arguing with God about posting it, and she replied, “You know better than that, just let Him write it.” This is a difficult one...

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March 19, 2010

There’s a Knock at the Door

My in-laws have a picture in their house of Jesus standing at a door knocking. It is a very old painting on a wood burl. I love that image, and so when I found the same picture framed at Christian Supply a few years ago...

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March 18, 2010

Joy and Love Require Trust

I did a Google search for quotes on trust and found this one that I liked: “We’re never so vulnerable than when we trust someone – but paradoxically, if we cannot trust, neither can we find love or joy.” It was attributed to Walter Anderson,...

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March 16, 2010

Clothes Make the Man

We would never think to leave the house in the morning without putting on our clothes. I suppose in very warm climates one might venture out in very little clothing, but not completely naked. And yet we often venture out without something much more important....

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March 15, 2010

Taming the Tongue

Did you ever say something that you were thinking, and immediately wish you could force the words back into your mouth? Sometimes words just come out when we let our guard down or when we are in a particularly bad mood. And those words can...

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