A Biblical Theology of Pleasure
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“God invented taste buds, and 10 million different flavors to go with them. The incredible pleasure of taste bears witness both that God is and that he is good (Acts 14:17).” - TGC
Are Kids Better Off in An Unhappily Married Family or A Happily Divorced Family?
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“In various forms and in various expressions, the perpetual myth repeated in each chapter of the sexual revolution (as each new extreme becomes a norm in our culture) is this phrase: The kids will be fine.” - Breakpoint
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Liberty’s Former Diversity Officer Sues for $8M
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“In a complaint filed Friday in federal court for the Western District of Virginia, Kelvin Edwards, a former executive vice president of management efficiencies and diversity, alleges that he was fired because Liberty’s acting president, Jerry Prevo, does not value diversity.” - C.Today
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Supreme Court to decide if parents in Maine can use state funds to send kids to religious schools
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“At issue is a group of parents who oppose a state regulation that allows for tuition assistance only if a private school is ‘nonsectarian in accordance with the First Amendment of the United States Constitution.’” - C.Post
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How can I fight back against cynicism in my life and ministry?
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“To be cynical is to be distrustful of human sincerity. I feel like most people are hard to please and easy to offend.” - Rainer
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Breaking off the engagement: what the ad-peddling model that dominates the internet is doing to us
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“When platforms make their livings by harvesting and selling our attention, they achieve that by shoving unsolicited junk into our minds, while we obediently scroll down and down and down.” - Chris Best
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“How then does a Christian live wisely within the sadness that marks our lives East of Eden?”
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“I suggest we start with laughter…. Psalm 2 tells us that God, who sits in the heavens laughs, and if we are to be heavenly minded at all I think we need to start there and only then can we begin to laugh right along with him.” - Ref21
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On Abundance, Part 1: Needs and Wants
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“I have all I need, as well as a lot of stuff I don’t need. There’s a word in the Bible that embraces this concept. It’s the word abundance.” - Olinger
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Does Your Prayer Life Need to Change?
Reposted from Rooted Thinking.
I would guess that almost every Christians reading this sentence would like to have a deeper prayer life.
As we read God’s Word, we see that prayer is a crucial part of our Christian experience. It is not simply an event that we participate in, an exercise we accomplish, or a task we fulfill. Rather, prayer is humility before God. It is an expression of our faith in Him and in the veracity of His promises.
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