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Oct 29, 2015 · How should a Christian think? What exactly is a Christian thought life? How it is any different from those who are not Christians? How does the gospel impact our very thoughts? These questions and others compelled me to write the following 8 week study on Philippians 4:8:
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James 4:14 “What is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.”. Have you ever seriously sought an answer to the question, “What is life?”. Most of us just take life for granted. We are here - we have consciousness, sensibilities, movement, etc.
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- I. What Paul Is Not Teaching: The Power of Positive Thinking.
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I need to focus on this for a moment because the Christian world has been infiltrated with the false teaching of “positive thinking,” popularized by Norman Vincent Peale and, with only slight variations, by Peale’s protege, Robert Schuller. If you are at all familiar with the teachings of these men, you know that they are not Christian in any ortho...
A number of years ago, the news media picked up the story of a woman known as “Garbage Mary.” She lived in a smelly Chicago tenement amid mounds of garbage. She spent her time rummaging through trash cans. She would bum cigarettes off her neighbors. Police took her to a psychiatric hospital after she was stopped for questioning and found to be in a...
Why are Peale’s “Positive Thinking” and Schuller’s “Possibility Thinking” fundamentally opposed to Scripture?Some Christians argue that we need to be aware of what’s going on in our culture through movies, TV, etc. Your response?How should a Christian police officer apply Phil. 4:8when he is daily confronted by moral filth in his job?Someone may argue, “The Bible itself has stories of immorality, etc. What’s the difference between reading it there and watching it on TV, movies, or video?” Your answer?Oct 12, 2024 · The meaning of life is discovered when we give ourselves completely to God, allowing Him to direct our thoughts, actions, and choices. It is through this selfless surrender that we find true fulfillment and purpose.
May 4, 2023 · The Bible addresses life in three primary ways: physical life, spiritual life, and eternal life. A biblical definition of life must tackle the topic from each of these facets. God Himself is the author of life, and all forms of life originate from Him (Genesis 2:7; Job 33:4; Acts 3:15).
Jan 15, 2021 · Life is intelligent, sorrowful, and full of regrets. Life is a story filled with forgiveness, hate, love, disappointment, discouragement, and questions. But what is the real purpose and meaning to the life we have? The word of God reminds us what life is!
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Oct 31, 2024 · What does it mean to “think about these things” (Philippians 4:8)? Answer. Philippians 4:8 is a well-known verse that admonishes believers to think about “ whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable, . . . excellent, or praiseworthy.”. This command suggests that ...
