Freedom
Winning the War Over Self
Tongue Twisters Likely every one of us has played with tongue-twisters in a vain effort to prove that we can say it even if no one else can. The Battle It’s not a tongue twister, but the tail end of Romans 7 comes close, particularly if you read it from the 1611 edition of the King James…
Read MoreThe Bondage and The Freedom
I have often pondered the will of God for me, and/or for my life. I pondered whether there is a specific will, as in buy that house, marry that woman, take that job, or if God’s will is more general … wherever you live, whomever you marry, whatever you do, live in this way. Perhaps…
Read MoreIn Two Places at One Time
In exasperation, one person may say to another, “Well, I can’t very well be in two places at one time, can I?” Oh, ye of little faith . . . 😉 You can. And if you are in Christ, you already are. Both Here and There …even when we were dead in our trespasses, made…
Read MoreDashed Expectations
In the early 1970s, Dow Chemical Company came out with a new product named Dow Bathroom Cleaner (later sold to S.C. Johnson and re-branded “Scrubbing Bubbles”). With this amazing new product came a popular television advertising campaign featuring a gang of anthropomorphized bubbles with chainsaw-sounding engines and whirling scrub-brushes for feet. As a young lad,…
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