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In last week’s post “Deceived by False Doctrine” I discussed some specific false doctrines, about God, that have deceived me and other people. Whether a church directly teaches errors or people misunderstand the truth and come up with wrong ideas, the false doctrine pulls them away from the true heart of God. This week I … Read more Fighting False Doctrine, part two
We may have learned false doctrine in church, as it was taught, or by misunderstanding the truth and coming up with wrong ideas on our own. Either way, false doctrine harms our Christian walk, until we re-learn the truth. In posts I have written earlier, I mentioned some wrong ideas I developed about God, due … Read more Deceived by False Doctrine
Masculinity is not ever toxic; a false idea of masculinity (often in sissy-men who bully others) is the true, toxic problem. We must never confuse these two groups or blame all men. Truly masculine men are strong and kind. Yes, even good men make mistakes, but they take responsibility for their mistakes. True masculinity breeds … Read more No Such Thing as Toxic Masculinity
A contrast with those who do praise God Wow, Psalm 106 shows such a stark contrast between those who praise God and those who don’t. This Psalm so amazed me I decided to write about this contrast, especially since I wrote a post (a while back) about why we do praise God. I had written … Read more Those Who Don’t Praise God:
I titled this “Choose Joy,” because having joy is our choice. We can miss it! Happiness is different from joy, because it comes from happenings. If good things happen, we might feel happy. But we can choose to be joyful even when our happenings (circumstances) are hard. There are even commands to be joyful, such … Read more Choose Joy, Find Pleasure
I closed last week’s post on surrender (“Surrendering our Concerns”) by saying acceptance is the second step in this Spiritual growth. After we stop resisting and finally surrender our weakness to God, we might demand an instant fix for our problems, instead of truly accepting how difficult (and how long-lasting) problems are when we surrender. … Read more Acceptance a Close Cousin to Surrender
I ended my post last week saying that we need to surrender our concerns to Jesus, but surrendering can be so scary, some people never do so. They are terrified of facing their pain and afraid that Jesus might judge them. Oh how sad these ideas are, since they keep us from the One who … Read more Surrendering our Concerns
Recognizing Patterns in Your Sin Last week I closed my post mentioning that some stubborn Christians do not want to face and heal their pain. These gals and men are moody or irritable all the time, not on occasion. These people may actually have different chronic problems too, whether that means always being angry, fearful … Read more Breaking Your Personal Strongholds:
In the last 2 weeks (except for the break I took at Christmas), I’ve been writing about my spiritual hunger and how it is strongest in my areas of greatest weakness. For example, I crave God’s love and affirmation more than some people do, because I am weak in this area. I overly-crave people’s affirmation … Read more Recognizing and Feeding Spiritual Needs all Day Long
I wanted to expand on last week’s post “Jesus Deserves the Best, but Passivity Blinds Us” about Jesus’ deserving the best and our need to actively pursue him. I realized other people also sometimes slip into mindlessly reading their Bible and saying prayers by rote without engaging their hearts and minds. As a result, I … Read more Fed on God’s Word, not a Check list