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Life Is Like a Baby Ruth Bar
Posted: 9:23 pm on May 12, 2012 Be the first to comment on this post
By Shannon Perry
“You’ve been WHERE?” Those are three words I will never forget hearing from my mom when I decided to take a little shopping trip on my own-at AGE THREE! Mom was never one to let me out of her sight, but one afternoon, I found two minutes of freedom and I took full advantage.
We had been sitting in the driveway when the phone rang. Mom ran inside, but not before turning to me and commanding, “Don’t Move.” The next thing I remember, I was walking to the neighborhood store that was six blocks
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Tags: Mothers Day, obedience, parenting
Don’t Landscape the Lives Around You, Practice Love.
Posted: 5:56 am on April 04, 2012 Be the first to comment on this post
By Amy Vogel
Jesus – friend of Sinners, how I love that title! For so long it has been a personal testament to me, that Christ would be the friend of someone so obviously imperfect and broken. It is now a song title, in a new single from Casting Crowns.
Being a friend to the sinner and loving everyone unconditionally is the most radical aspects of Jesus’ ministry. It is the one that made so many people uneasy: that the Creator of the Universe would stoop so low to forgive and partake in life with
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Tags: discipleship, judgment, love, relationships
God Has a Good Heart
Posted: 7:18 pm on February 22, 2012 6 Comments
By Bob Kellemen
I enjoyed an amazing week last week at the Faith Biblical Counseling Training Conference at Faith Church in Lafayette, Indiana.
What was the highlight for me?
Was Equipping the Highlight?
As much as I enjoyed my six teaching times (I always love equipping biblical counselors), that wasn’t my highlight experience.
However, if you want links to those teaching times and the PowerPoint presentations:
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The Anatomy of Anxiety Track 4 and 6 Post, Track 4 PowerPoint, and Track 6
Categories: Christian Living | Family and Relationships
Tags: abuse, biblical counseling, grief, hope, Vision of Hope
Greater Love Has No Man
Posted: 8:43 pm on February 04, 2012 1 Comment
By Jack Wellman
My seminary professor once told me about a father whose young son was constantly in trouble. He was continuously getting in trouble…so one day, the father went upstairs to find his son getting into things that he was told not to mess with. When the boy saw his father, he instantly knew that he was in trouble. Slowly the father took off his belt. He took his shirt off and then ask the boy to give him 10 lashes with the belt. The boy started crying and said he couldn’t do it. The father
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Tags: Calvary, Jesus, love, Valentine's Day, Valentine's Day, Valentine's Day, Valentine's Day, Valentine's Day
Personal Identity, Spiritual Identity, Family Identity
Posted: 7:00 am on February 03, 2012 Be the first to comment on this post
By Dionna Sanchez
I was talking to some young moms at my church in the not-too-distant past. I was sharing with them the three things that I felt were most important in building a child. They are their personal identity, spiritual identity, and family identity.
These 3 things are the anchors in every child’s life. They are the things that will give them roots when the rest of the world is uprooted. They will give a strong foundation to a person instead of allowing them to feel as if they are standing on
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Tags: heritage, parenting, personal identity, self esteem, spiritual legacy, spiritual identity
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