New Year's Resolutions: Lies to Reject
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“Here are four lies to watch out for as we scroll. Lie #1: We should expect and prize dramatic results.” - TGC
Five ways to think about your 2023 goals
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“Memorize at least two scriptures per month. I wish I didn’t view this goal as a unique one, but I recognize the struggle with this discipline.” - BPNews
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An Honest Evaluation of a Year
If I had it to do over again….
How many times have we thought that way? If you’re like me, probably more than you would like to count.
If we had it to do over again—with an assurance that we’d do at least as well as we did—what efficient and artful users of time we could become!
Unfortunately, we all know it doesn’t work that way. We are forced to use time … in real time. Moses’ prayer, therefore, carries for us the utmost urgency:
So teach us to number our days,
That we may gain a heart of wisdom. (Ps. 90:12)
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Social media: stay or leave?
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A pair of articles at TGC:
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Taking Advantage or Caring?
(First posted in 2011)
Aesop told the tale of the Peasant and the Apple Tree.
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Salvation: So Much More Than Accepting a Good Offer
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“If I had never heard other people talk about ‘accepting Jesus,’ I doubt I would have come up with the phrase on my own. Brides don’t talk about their husbands that way, and I am part of the Bride of Christ!” - Open the Bible
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Easy Schedule for Bible-in-a-Year Rookies
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“This plan, like other two-track schedules, provides two daily portions taken from different parts of the Bible. That has the effect of spicing things up.” - TGC
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Opening Christmas presents - before or after church?
I figure most people here on SI are planning on attending a church service Christmas morning, so I was curious how people are planning the timing of opening gifts. My children are all grown and live within an hour, so we are having our get-together on Sunday afternoon. One daughter and her 1-year-old son live with me, but the grandchild is too young to anticipate the opening of gifts, so we have no problem making him wait.
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The Crushing Obligation to Keep Doing More and More
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“We know we can always pray more and give more and evangelize more, so we get used to living in a state of mild disappointment with ourselves.” - DeYoung
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How Not to Gossip During the Holidays
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“What started as a lighthearted recounting of experience may turn into a critical review of someone’s motives and actions…. There can be a fine line between storytelling and gossip.” - TGC
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