Holy Spirit
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I’m cautiously wading into this Paula Deen controversy but not to talk about the celebrity cook. Instead I want to use the controversy as a jumping off point to remind us what scripture tells us about the tongue. Proverbs 8:21 tells us, “The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love
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I just finished cooking my wife dinner and am listening to INXS’ Devil Inside. Perfect song for what I’m about to write! Lately it seems a theme is emerging from some of the things I’ve noticed in my Sunday morning adult Sunday school and in my Wednesday night Bible study. Believe me, I didn’t plan
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According to some statistics from 2010, about 247 million Americans identify themselves as Christians, which according to another statistic is roughly 73-76 percent of all Americans. So why is it that only 41 percent of those who claim Christ as their Lord and Savior actually attend church? I actually know a little about this having
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I recently read a news account of a Philadelphia couple who lost a second child because they relied on prayer instead of bringing the child to the doctor for care. In 2009, Herbert and Catherine Schaible was told their toddler was infected with bacterial pneumonia. Members of a fundamentalist Christian church, the couple relied on
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A colleague of mine at work has been really sick. While she was at the hospital, I asked another colleague to take her the devotional, Jesus Calling by Sarah Young. It’s a very uplifting and encouraging daily devotional I thought might brighten her spirits. However, I didn’t actually know if she was a believer or
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