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Why I’m Not Fond of the Phrase, “The 5 Steps of Salvation”
God provided a Savior – not a checklist – to save mankind from sin. And God did not provide a staircase for man to ascend; He provided a Savior, who descended to earth to lift mankind up.
Are You a Negaholic? 5 Ways Pessimism Is Ruining Your Life
It’s popular to promote counterintuitive reasons pessimism can be helpful to us. But here’s the truth. I’ve never met a single leader or entrepreneur who was both pessimistic and successful. Why? Negaholics just aren’t up for what it takes to win.
9 Things That Worked in the Church A Decade Ago That Don’t Today
And—these days especially—culture is changing faster than ever before.
As a result, the shelf life of ideas, assumptions and approaches is shorter than it has ever been.
What used to work, doesn’t. Not anymore.
The challenge is to know what’s stopped working and what hasn’t.
Prescribing Hospitality for Growth in the Christian Life
In others words, hospitality need not be elaborate, nor even financially costly. It doesn’t even have to revolve around a meal. But it does require discernment and a willingness to forego your comfort, your convenience, and possibly even your safety and reputation. For example: Jesus tells the Pharisees to host the socially outcast, not the popular people; Onesiphorus traveled far to tend to an imprisoned Paul; and David cared for a crippled man related to Saul, the very man who tried to kill him.
Dispatch from Sundance – ‘The Birth of a Nation’
Also remarkable—and sobering—is the film’s deep engagement with the Bible, which Parker spoke about as well, citing his own Christian faith. Scripture is quoted repeatedly throughout the film in many contexts; I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a film with more of the Bible in the screenplay, including “Christian” films.
But often, people will show you something where facts and hypotheses aren’t really germane. “Should we paint the door of the building beige or red?” In moments like this, there are three ways to be helpful… All three of these approaches make it far more likely that your fact-based feedback and hypotheses are taken more seriously next time.
U.K. government misspells ‘language’ while announcing English tests for migrants
The fact that the word “language” had been misspelled in an announcement about the British government’s new language testing rules for family route migrants grabbed much attention online over the weekend.
Apple Update Now Available for Download [Satire]
First thing you have to do in order to download your new OS is make sure that you have enough space. Ha ha! That was a joke. Of course you don’t have enough space. Why? Take a look and you’ll see that your memory is dedicated as follows: music, ten per cent; photos, fifteen per cent; applications, ten per cent; and then sixty-five per cent is designated “other.”