Tag: Christian Living
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Identity in a Confusing World
What defines who you are? In a culture that encourages people to look inward for identity, it’s easy to let feelings of anxiety, guilt, comparison, loneliness, and fear become the lens through which we see ourselves. But what happens when those feelings change? In Episode 23 of Faith Footnotes, we are joined by Dr. Phil…
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Tell Me What I Need to Know
“Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction. For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching…
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“Here Am I. Send Me!”
“The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field” (Matthew 9:37-38). “We need more pastors, teachers, and staff ministers.” If you’ve ever heard someone make that comment, or if you’ve said it yourself, I’m willing to bet that Jesus’ words…
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Who Did Jesus Come to Save?
As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him. While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw…
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“Let There Be . . . ”
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. And God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light” (Genesis 1:1-3). Genesis chapter 1 is one of my…
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What If I Doubt?
Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing…
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How Do I Cast My Anxiety on God?
“Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you” (1 Peter 5:7). Cast all your anxiety . . . I’ll be honest: The mental picture I’ve always had of this verse is of hurling my anxiety at God like a fisherman casting his line or net into the sea. Can you see the…
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“Poor Ascension Day”
“This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven” (Acts 1:11). Poor Ascension Day. Of all the major festivals of the Christian church, the Festival of the Ascension is probably the most neglected. No one greeted me this morning…