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Announcing a new column!- ebooks-freezone

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As an educator, I'm home for the summer. I have no family or major responsibilities, a minuscule social life, and I don't need a lot of self care or personal maintenance. I take the way the Lord has structured my life to mean I should spend the extra time I have on Him, as Paul indicated singles should do. (1 Corinthians 7:17, 34). And as I want to. Lately I've been feeling like I could do more. To be sure, I attend church regularly and my weekly Bible Study Group, and any the fellowship meetings the elders set up. Online, I write a daily blog and a weekly blog, and I maintain two Facebook pages as well as do other social media activity. But could I do more? I feel I need to. When I ran my newspaper I was committed to presenting different kinds of writing. I felt the paper should be browsable. It ran the gamut of different styles of language, and the articles ran the gamut in length. Some were short, some long, some were photos with a long caption, and I was really fond of ...

My Great War Cry Against Sin- ebooks-freezone

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We read one of many verses about the importance of slaying the sin that still dwells within us. But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway. ( 1 Corinthians 9:27 KJV). See also also Colossians 3:5. To that end, I strive to slay the sin in me. I pray constantly to the Lord for the Spirit's help in sinning less against Jesus today than I did yesterday. Sometimes, when I feel strong (boastful?) I think my war cry against sin looks and sounds like this: But I am such a puny human! Most days I am sure that my ferocious war cry really just looks and sounds like this: Praise the Lord for His strength, His constant love, and His faithfulness in keeping us in His hand!

There's one thing we're all good at- ebooks-freezone

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Sinning. Every human on the planet, no matter his or her age, is good at sinning. Hands down. Me included. Look at this example from scripture. Woe to you, blind guides, who say, 'If anyone swears by the temple, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.' You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that has made the gold sacred? And you say, 'If anyone swears by the altar, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the gift that is on the altar, he is bound by his oath.' You blind men! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred? So whoever swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it. And whoever swears by the temple swears by it and by him who dwells in it. And whoever swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by him who sits upon it. (Matthew 23:16-21). What this section of scripture is about is Jesus pronouncing woes upon the Pharisees. The Pharisees were one of...