Tag: relationship with Christ
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I came to believe
Anyone who believes in God has to make a leap of faith to do it.
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The real value of Christmas
Christ was not born on Dec. 25. But we celebrate his birth now anyway, and it is a blessing to the world.
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When your wife divorces you
Some advice from experience on what to do should your wife decide the marriage is over.
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Christmas calls you home
A meditation this Christmas: the birth of Christ calls you home.
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Jim Grey, Preacher
I’m, gulp, preaching in church this Sunday. Here’s the story about how that came to be.
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Forgiveness isn’t reconciliation
After you forgive someone, must you reconcile? I think the answer is, sometimes, no.
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The mechanics of forgiveness
What I’ve learned through painful experience about how to forgive so that I can be at peace.
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Unrightable
This week: essays I’ve written on forgiveness and reconciliation. This one is from 2008.
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Things I wish Christians would stop saying: “The Bible is our instruction manual”
What do I do now? We all say this more than once in our lives, at times when we seem to have no options or when all the things we know to do aren’t working. At these times, many of us naturally seek counsel, coaching, or advice. Those of us who are Christians also turn to God…
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The opposite of love
When I was young, I thought the opposite of love must be hate. This seemed obvious to my forming mind. Love is a strong emotion at one pole, and hate is an equally strong emotion at the other. But as I grew up, I started to see that the fires of love and hate need…
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Getting the love we always wanted from the perfect parent we never had
When we were small, our parents were godlike to us. They had all power over us. We probably thought they had all power in the world. This experience imprinted on us, and subconsciously we assume that God is like our parents. Better said, we project our parents onto God, and so expect God to treat…