How you think changes everything
How did the United States get to the point where murderous attacks against students in schools have become common? Too many of these horrific events have occurred in the past decade. Everyone is asking: “Why is this happening?” The answer is not simple, but may I suggest to you it has a lot to do […]
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One of more complicated issues about being a Christian is not nonbelievers, but other Christians! We can often blurt out our opinions about Bible interpretations to the detriment of the one hearing it. Ouch – sheep can most definitely bite! Recently, I met a young woman at a dinner party who was soon graduating with […]
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How do you “think divinely?” As a Christian, it first starts with your identity. You need to really get who you are in Christ before you can get your thinking right. (If you’re a seeker, or a skeptic, then you should keep an open mind and continue reading.) In theological terms (a.k.a. “religious” terms), our […]
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As I prayed to God this morning, my thoughts turned to His mysteries. There are so many unanswered questions, and the veil of Heaven remains tightly pulled over our eyes. I thanked God for that because in having mysteries to discover, we have meaning in our lives, adventures to pursue, experiments to try, new […]
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I once read an article about the longevity of people who made it into their 90s. There was one quote that stuck with me because it disturbed me. One of the elderly gentleman interviewed was asked the meaning of life. His response was, “Don’t try to figure it all out.” WHAT? Don’t try to figure […]
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My kids don’t even watch T.V. anymore; they’d be on YouTube instead. They have their favorite channels, and watch the “new celebrities” who are just like them – not some famous performer, but real kids doing real stuff with other kids in collaborations at times, or just commenting on a cool video game, or showing […]
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When I became a stay-at-home mom, I found myself in an identity crisis. If I wasn’t making money in my Communications career, I felt I wasn’t doing anything of value. In my head, I knew mothering my child was valued by God and my husband, but in my heart, I felt undervalued by the culture […]
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How do we take our thoughts “captive?” Changing how we think is critical in becoming everything we should be. Blake Healy, author of The Veil, has some practical encouragements about how we should think. Here is a summary of what Healy states in his book: THINK – your thought-life should focus on the “Fruit of […]
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To live in a culture of contradictions is frustrating for me, as a Christian thinker, who sees the obvious inconsistency in the actions of people versus the laws governing us. For instance, the right to freedom of speech has allowed pornography which feeds an ever growing perversion among those who engage in it, which eventually […]
Read MoreLogic consists of ordering our thoughts. In a culture of confusion, where one source claims the truth and another claims the exact opposite as truth, how do we know what is legit? We need to reason correctly and we’ll be able to wade through the conflicts and find truth. The easy road is often the […]
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