As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
“The false idea that prosperity brings contentment is nothing new. Paul warned Timothy and the church at Ephesus about false teachers—first-century equivalents to modern prosperity theology proponents” - Randy Alcorn
Read Part 1.
In our quest to make Thanksgiving real, we left off by thinking about ways to ground our Thanksgiving in Scripture, following the example of the very Pilgrims who left this treasure as a heritage to our entire nation. The next challenge I would offer is to ground our Thanksgiving in history—primarily the history of these same Pilgrims.
How Do You See Others? - P&D
“It might be presumptuous to imply the path from orthodoxy to heterodoxy is the same for all institutions. Yet there does seem to be a recurring pattern that includes three steps.” - TGC
“In March, we published on harassment reports at CT. Here are the steps we’ve taken since then.” - C.Today
“Seeing love as only desire is the error our culture falls into….But seeing Christian love, ‘agape love,’ as gift only is the more common error in the Christian church. And this error causes others.” - Mark Ward interviews Jonathan Leeman
“Think about words…We tend to recall the painful ones more than the affirming ones—so we must work harder to encourage others with regularity.” - Chuck Lawless
“There are times when I might need to confront a brother in Christ, but Is this communication something I want the entire world to see? …Am I including people in this conversation that really have no business being there?” - Kevin
“if Christians are going to heed the summons of Romans 12:2 in a smartphone age…we will need to do more than resist the false content on our phones. We will need to resist the false gravitational presence our phones so subtly exert upon us.” - Desiring God
The Fundamentals of Sanctification - Don Johnson
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