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Oct 29, 2015 · Tom Schmidt Pastor of Cross of Christ Fellowship Naperville, IL. 10/29/2015. Christian Thought Life—8 Week Study of Philippians 4:8 by Tom SchmidtPhilippians 4:8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any exc. llenc.
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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?Jan 4, 2022 · To think on whatever is noble means to fix our minds on things that cultivate dignity, godliness, and moral excellence. Paul phrased it this way: “Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things ...
Oct 12, 2024 · 2 Corinthians 5:17. “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!”. In Christ, we experience a transformation that makes us new creations. The meaning of life is discovered in this new identity and the continuous process of growth and renewal in our relationship with Christ.
Sad Example A: The “Secular” Approach in the Church . What’s really sad is when we find this approach in churches, especially churches where in the pulpit the “sufficiency of Scripture” is taught and modeled. Think about that. You have a church where the pastor faithfully exegetes God’s Word, develops a passage in context, and ...
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Sep 18, 2024 · 1) Recognizing God’s purpose. The first and most crucial step towards living a life of true meaning is acknowledging God as the ultimate source of purpose. As it says in Proverbs 19:21, “Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.”. Recognizing God’s sovereignty means accepting that we are ...
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Sep 11, 2019 · I am using meaning of life to refer to what Martela and Steger call meaning in life, that is, how humans experience meaning, though the distinction is not entirely convincing (532). For similar results, see Login George and Crystal Park, “Meaning in Life as Comprehension, Purpose, and Mattering: Toward Integration and New Research Questions,” Review of General Psychology 20 (2016) 205–20.
