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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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The Meaning of Life: A Gift From God. First Sunday: Life Is a Gift To Be Defended From Any Who Would Take It. “My parents say they don’t want to be a burden. They want to die with dignity. Is that OK?” This week we consider God’s gift of life and our responsibility to defend human life.
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.
- 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?There is nothing in the Bible that says, "The meaning of life is ...," but the Bible does tell God's purposes for us, and it is in fulfilling those purposes that we can find meaning and satisfaction in our lives.
Sep 10, 2021 · If we are controlled by the Holy Spirit of God, our thoughts will bring life and joy to our existence and even to the lives of those around us! So what does this mean? It means that no amount of effort or thought control will ever be enough when it comes to the problems I face in my life.
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