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Worldview Definition
Worldview: as defined by The Free Dictionary 1. The overall perspective from which one sees and interprets the world. 2. A collection of beliefs about life and the universe held by an individual or a group.The 4 Killer Questions
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Tag Archives: Forgiveness
No Regrets: Facing Darkness and Not Becoming It
If you are like me and a strong justice personality, then you know that one of the hardest parts of navigating darkness is dealing with the anger that arrises toward someone whose sin of using and abusing people seems to … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living
Tagged Children of God, Dealing with Sin, Forgiveness, Forgiveness Doesn't Equal Trust, Jesus provides protection, No regrets, Offering grace, Responding, Responding to evil, Saved From What?, Sin has consequences, The Cost of Forgiveness, the incredible power of grace, Venegence
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Assumptions that Turn Into Lies
It’s often startling to realize the amount of influence our preconceived ideas have over the way we respond to things like someone’s youth, singleness, physical or mental handicap, alternative education, ethnicity, etc. What is even more startling is our lack … Continue reading
Posted in Worldview
Tagged Are you living out the golden rule?, Assumptions that turn into lies, Don't Make Assumptions, Finding the Truth for Every Lie, Forgiveness, Forgiveness of sin, How we treat people, living different, Living Out Christianity, propagating a lie, Relationships Matter, Showing God's Love, Speakers of truth, Speaking Truth, Truth Matters, What do you assume?
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Is Matthew 18 Actually a Passage on Church Discipline?
I got into a discussion recently with several people talking about the passage in Matthew 18 where Jesus is giving instruction as to how to confront someone who has sinned against you. During the conversation we were talking about how … Continue reading
Posted in Defining Christian Beliefs
Tagged Accountability, Church Discipline, Forgiveness, Forgiveness of sin, Hold Others Accountable, How Do I Know if Someone Is Truly Repentant?, Matthew 18, Rebuke, Repenting, Saved From What?, The Church is one body, The Cost of Forgiveness, Truly Repentant, Why repent?
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Is There a Time to Stop Offering Grace?
There is a point where grace becomes enabling and or endangering, but for a lot of Christians that line isn’t acknowledged because they believe that grace is ultimately what saves us and others. But is it just the grace? Yes, … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Problems in Christianity
Tagged Cheap Grace, Forgiveness, Forgiveness Doesn't Equal Trust, Grace, Grace and Truth, How Did Jesus’s Death on the Cross Pay for Our Sins?, Just Punishment, Offering grace, Repentance, Saved From What?, Sin has consequences, The Cost of Forgiveness, the incredible power of grace, Truly Repentant
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How Do I Know If Someone is Truly Repentant?
There are Christians out there who would say, it’s not our place to judge whether or not someone who claims to be repentant truly is repentant; rather it’s our place to treat them like they are. But that’s not actually … Continue reading
Posted in Personal Evaluation, Two Types of Christians
Tagged Accepting punishment, Forgiveness, Forgiveness Doesn't Equal Trust, Forgiveness of sin, How Did Jesus’s Death on the Cross Pay for Our Sins?, How Do I Know if Someone Is Truly Repentant?, Jesus died for our sins, Just Punishment, Repentance, Repenting, Saved From What?, Sin has consequences, The Cost of Forgiveness, Truly Repentant, What is sin?, Why repent?
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Forgiveness
I am returning to a topic that I originally posted Sept 17, 2018. The original title illustrates well the posts’s originally titled: What if an Apology plus Forgiveness Shouldn’t Equal Trust? Here is the original post: There is this mindset … Continue reading
Posted in Worldview
Tagged Forgiveness, Forgiveness Doesn't Equal Trust, The Cost of Forgiveness
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What Does the Lord Ask of Us?
Many of the smaller books in the Bible written by prophets are addressing the sinful behavior of people and how God is asking them to repent (turn back to Him). These are often words that make clear where the people … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Defining a Christian
Tagged Do We Want Justice?, Forgiveness, His Blood Covers Sin, His justice, How Did Jesus’s Death on the Cross Pay for Our Sins?, Jesus died for our sins, Mercy and not sacrifice, New Life, Repenting, Saved From What?, The Cost of Forgiveness, Truly Repentant, What is sin?, Why repent?
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You Have Heard it Said, “Do Not Resist an Evil Person”
Last week we talked about Matthew 5:39 in the context of how we are to respond to evil. This week I want to dig further into this passage as it relates to the Old Testament teachings Jesus is addressing and … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Defining Christian Beliefs
Tagged Choosing what is good, Do We Want Justice?, don't take vengeance, Forgiveness, God first loved us, God's Mercy, Just Punishment, Mercy and not sacrifice, Overcome evil with good, resisting evil, Saved From What?, The Cost of Forgiveness, What is in your heart?, Will You Stand Against Evil?, You have heard it said
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Do We Have a Means to Start Over?
Failure is something we face continually, whether we recognize it or not. Sometimes it’s failure in our endeavors, job, or hobbies. Other times its failure in our relationships or our own standards. It can even be the failure on our … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Personal Evaluation
Tagged A means to start over, Can God fail us?, Confidence in God, Forgiveness, God is merciful, God loves us, How serious is sin?, Jesus died for our sins, Repenting, Sin has consequences, Starting Over, The Cost of Forgiveness, Truly Repentant, Truth Matters, What is sin?, Why repent?
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When the rocks speak 