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Entries in Christianity (15)

Thursday
May222014

Listen for Wisdom (From Proverbs 8)

The hour grows late.

The dark veil falls.

Silence pierces the comfort. Shall I regard the begging questions or heed the ache? Nay. Everyman - of humanity’s breath - am I, and pride is my tether. Though to what it is anchored, why inquire? Is not life about exploring the many relative possibilities to answer its riddle?

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Thursday
May222014

For the Witness

Both truth and love must be inseparable. Apart from this duality, vain utterances and deceptive expressions are communicated. A movement within the church holds that love alone encompasses the witness. If truth is not at the core of a testimony, though, then how can anyone say that love is the motive?

Wednesday
Mar192014

Corollaries for the Unyielding

The life that refuses to acknowledge the authority, character, and will of God shall experience and exhibit four major consequences:

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Thursday
Jan022014

Tracing Eden with the Cross

Considering my own life and seeing the similarities with others of the Christian Faith, I can say with certainty that one of the most costly failures that we all experience is the equivocating, mistaking, and substituting of wisdom for/with knowledge or intelligence.

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Monday
Sep092013

Should Not Hearts Burn to Witness

Updated on Tuesday, September 10, 2013 at 6:36AM by Registered CommenterStill Ripples

Lord, You have both written on and speak to my inner being; how I long to write something that would speak to Yours. Though You have no need for men's words, You delight Yourself in those who keep Your commandments, offering them friendship and testifying to their obedience before the enemy and before the world. Pour out Your Spirit, oh Lord, upon Your scribe that I write outside of myself, for if I may pen what touches the heart of God, then surely the stone within men would shatter as their minds engage to the inscription by your finger.

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