Humble Humiliation of Christmas

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

There’s a fine line between being humbled and being humiliated. And sometimes that line disappears altogether. For instance, I was recently talking with an elderly couple (close friends of my parents), who live in Georgia. The woman, in her 80s, is a typical Southern belle, taking care to always look her ...

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‘Redeeming Facebook’

Saturday, December 12th, 2009

Here is an excellent blog post I recommend to every Christian who uses Facebook, or any other online social network. It has great advice, including timely warnings, such as: 1. Don’t use status updates to complain. For many, complaining has become a trend on Facebook. With their status updates, many ...

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Receiving God’s Grace In Vain

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

Have you ever considered what it means to take God's grace in vain? Paul writes: "Working together with [Christ], then, we appeal to you not to receive the grace of God in vain" (2 Cor. 6:1). This phrase hit me today. To take something in vain is to do it for no ...

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