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My Comfort Zone is a Good Place
My Comfort Zone is a Good Place
There is a great deal of cultural pressure for people to step out of their comfort zones. When I first started hearing it, I tried to apply the recommendation, because I did not want to be accused if living in the past and clinging to outmoded habits. It turns out, however, that this pressure to embrace discomfiting experiences is not about using a smartphone rather than a flip phone. The culture…
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You Cannot Trust What You Can Understand
You Cannot Trust What You Can Understand
Recently a friend was diagnosed with cancer. She told her friends she would think positive thoughts and asked them to do the same. Later, she sent an email describing the biopsy, the treatment alternatives, and the likelihood that healing would be complete and her life back to normal in two months. The email ended with these words: “I love science.” Having traveled the road of diagnosis and…
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Does Anyone Meet the Standard?
Does Anyone Meet the Standard?
Be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work, to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people. Titus 3:1-2 ESV This quotation was selected from one day’s text in a series of devotions my husband and I are reading together during Lent. Both he and I noticed that these verses and others in the…
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Define Feminism
If feminism actually is what a recent article in Slate says it is, then no woman in her right mind is a feminist. Slate just defined the feminist movement in such a way as to clearly exclude all real women. This article utterly, but willfully, misses the point of pro-life advocacy. Slate says that “anti-abortion” advocates (who are truly advocates for life, but Slate scorns the whole idea that…
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Is the Book of Psalms Obsolete?
Is the Book of Psalms Obsolete?
Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. –Psalm 51:1 ESV David wrote about his experience with sin and his discovery of important moral truths nearly three thousand years ago. What does his writing have to do with twenty-first century human beings? The first time I wrote a blog post questioning the use of the word…
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Everybody Needs a Heart Transplant
Everybody Needs a Heart Transplant
Psalm 51 is classified as a penitential psalm. The definition of penitence is sorrow for sin or faults. The psalm certainly lives up to that definition, expressing profound sorrow, but it does a great deal more than wallow in recognition of personal wrong-doing. The header on this psalm links it to David’s adultery with Bathsheba, a sin that was magnified by the murder of her husband. Jesus spoke…
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How can I live through attacks on my faith?
The Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him, In those who hope in his steadfast love. –Psalm 147:11
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What builds our hope? We do not build our hope on circumstances or ideology. The psalmist wrote, "the Lord has set apart the godly for himself; the Lord hears when I call to him" (Psalm 4:3). Our hope grows strong because God cherishes his own.
Why do I have hope? Always prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you. 1 Peter 3:15
Here comes 2017
May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble! May the name of the God of Jacob protect you! —Psalm 20:1
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A Nation Needs a Moral Compass
A Nation Needs a Moral Compass
You probably know what a compass is. People use it to figure out how to reach a known destination. When they are not sure of the destination, they use it to avoid wandering in circles. Every human being needs a moral compass—a means of determining the right path to take in order to do what is right instead of what is wrong, and also to avoid going in moral circles. A nation needs a moral compass,…
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Why Must Christians Suffer?
Why Must Christians Suffer?
Why do I share Christ in my writing and in conversations with people who claim that God does not exist? I do it “to complete what is lacking in the affliction of Christ” (Colossians1:24). Christ’s suffering is completely sufficient to rescue every person from sin and death, but it is an incomplete sacrifice until every person has heard the good news. When I share the good news, I enter into the…
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A Good Enemy might be Your Best Friend
There is a great deal of public discussion of what Donald Trump the businessman should do in order to protect Donald Trump the President from accusations of using his office to enrich himself. People who regard Barack Obama as an enemy of the people want to stifle such accusations, and all the legal folderol that goes with them. I recommend we thank the people who choose to bird dog the…
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Why Were the Polls so Wrong?
Why Were the Polls so Wrong?
Until about 8PM on November 8, nobody in the media was predicting anything but a win for Hillary Clinton. Among the polls taken in the days leading up to the election, the only difference was the difference between a squeaker and a landslide. All the polls predicted a win for Hillary Clinton. Yet, Donald Trump won, and he won resoundingly, by a healthy margin of electoral votes. Maps of results…
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Pray For America Today
Pray For America Today
Dear Heavenly Father, This world is a mess, but then you know that already. The USA is in a real mess, and you know that, too, but Jesus teaches us to come to you with our concerns. He taught us to know that you care about us and our concerns, even our petty concerns. Thank you for that reassurance. Still, we don’t think the state of our nation is a petty concern. Please be patient with us as we…
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Can a Christian Learn Something From a Survivalist?
Can a Christian Learn Something From a Survivalist?
Be a survivalist. If you are a survivalist, some people will think you are amusing, and some will think you are a threat. There are enough people in our world who believe the world might end tomorrow that most people have spoken with at least one of them. Survivalists hoard certain things, and the motivation for their hoarding is the desire to be prepared to live and thrive when there is a…
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When do you Pray for America?
When do you Pray for America?
Due to lack of response to a weekly noon call for shared prayer, the scheduled call is being discontinued. Please respond to the poll if you feel comfortable doing so. I am very concerned about the need for prayer for our nation. The USA is in serious crisis, and the frenzy surrounding the two strongest candidates is evidence of the crisis. I am asking my readers to answer this poll in order to…
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