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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: Who do you serve?
Accomplishing Goals For God vs Pursing a Relationship with God
(A version of this post was originally published Nov 23, 2020 under the title “Accomplishing Goals For God vs Pursing God Who Then Gives Us His Goals.”) Pursing a relationship with God should always be the most important thing in … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Problems in Christianity
Tagged A Perfect Relationship, Doing what is good, Faith alone?, Faith by Works, God first loved us, Is God our goal?, It's a heart issue, Knowing God, Our Value, Pursing God, Seeing ourselves, seeing people the way God sees them, Truly Asking the Question, What is our goal, Where do we get our value?, Who do you serve?
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How Are you Responding To God?
In the medieval time period, vassals (a landholder or lesser lord) would be bequeathed land by a landowner (a liege lord), and for this land the vassal would swear their loyalty and service to their liege lord. The king was … Continue reading
How Do We Seek First the Kingdom of God? (Part 4)
In Part 1 of this series, we talked about what we are to treasure, and in Part 2, we talked about whether or not we have an eye for what is good (for what we should be doing and treasuring). … Continue reading
How Do We Seek First the Kingdom of God? (Part 1)
Lately, I’ve been pondering the verse “Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.” Matthew 6:33 Have you ever felt so overwhelmed that you just want to throw up your … Continue reading
Posted in Worldview
Tagged Being light and life, Context Matters, Helping God's Way, Living for Christ, Living Out Christianity, Seek first the kingdom of God, Speaking Truth, Truth Matters, What is your focus?, What is your treasure?, Where is your heart?, Where is your treasure?, Who do you serve?
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Are We Giving the Best of Ourselves to God?
Have you every noticed how lots of people call themselves Christians (Christ-Followers), and yet looking at their lives, it’s very hard to see anything or any part of themselves that they’ve actually giving to God? For some people being a … Continue reading
Posted in Defining a Christian, Personal Evaluation
Tagged A Perfect Relationship, giving our all to God, God gives us good gifts, Jesus died for our sins, living different, Living for Christ, Living Out Christianity, Mercy and not sacrifice, Sacrifice, Sacrificial Love, Serving God, What God asks of us, what we give, Who do you serve?
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Being Faithful in Little Things
Why is being faithful in the little things so important? We encounter this Biblical concept a lot of places in Scripture, but two stories that stand out in their exhortation about our faithfulness to small things come from stories Jesus … Continue reading
God Does Not Force Us, Rather He Gives Us Freedom
Recently, I have found myself contemplating freewill more and more. Being given a choice and not being forced to comply to someone else’s wishes is a reality that has always mattered deeply to me. I have always been a “why?” … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Awe, Defining Christian Beliefs
Tagged God as our parent, God can be trusted, God first loved us, God gives us the choice, Living Free, Surrender your burdens, The Freedom to Choose, Two Choices, Two Responses, Who do you serve?, Who is God?, Who would you rather have in control?
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Accomplishing Goals For God vs Pursing God Who Then Gives Us His Goals
So, as some of you may have noticed and others of you probably didn’t notice, I had no new post last week. I went on vacation without my computer, and though I had every intention of writing and scheduling a … Continue reading
Will You Explore the Truth of the Empty Tomb or Spread the Lie?
Jesus’s existence is not often debated. The fact that He was crucified by the Romans is also not usually a topic of debate. What is commonly debated though is whether or not Jesus was/is the Son of God and if … Continue reading
Posted in Defining Christian Beliefs, Problems in Christianity
Tagged Believing vs Accepting, Do you believe Christianity works?, God first loved us, God is not a man that He should lie, He is risen, How Did Jesus’s Death on the Cross Pay for Our Sins?, Jesus died for our sins, Jesus was resurrected, Speaking Truth, They propagated lies, Truth Matters, Who do you serve?
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Keep Keeping On
Money is one of my biggest struggles. Have you ever felt like quitting whatever it is God’s asking you to do because of finances? I’ve often been tempted to quit pursuing writing and instead find what I often classify as a … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Facts from the Bible
Tagged Confidence in God, God can be trusted, God is a Good Parent, God is faithful, God is not a man that He should lie, God is not limited by money, God is trust worthy, God Provides, Keep Keeping On, The issue of money, What if God stopped doing what He was doing?, Who do you serve?
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