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How Can I Have A Good Conscience? – Ask Pastor John
“Justification by faith is not the same as walking in a good conscience, or walking in the light, or having integrity. Those are real character traits, not imputed righteousness. Nevertheless, it’s the covering of all their sins by the blood of Jesus that enables them to look upon their conscience and walking and integrity with thankfulness and confidence that it really will be accepted by God as good, though imperfect.”
Are You Willing to Quit Your Job: Sabbatical for the Rest of Us – Ruth Haley Barton
Ruth sits down with guest Andy Crouch to talk about sabbatical from an everyman perspective. Andy has taken full responsibility for his own rhythm of regular sabbaticals by saving up and risking the need to find a new job at the end of his time away. Ruth and Andy also talk about the place of trust sabbaticals take us, the rhythms Andy sees happen when you start to take a regular sabbatical, and of course, since it’s Andy Crouch, we’re going to talk about technology.
The Propaganda of More – John Mark Comer
“You do know how that happens, right?” – Katie Blackburn
“Parenting six kids is very hard work. And yes, very expensive. The making and cleaning up of so much food, the managing of so many schedules, the shepherding of so many little hearts. I am exhausted pretty much all the time. I regularly have people ask me a different question than you did (a more respectful one, you may want to it try next time): how do you do it? And I honestly don’t know. I just show up again the next day and make more food. But I try not to get too lost in the daily stress and noise–in the worries about paying for sports and car insurance and college and the guilt that my children will never go to Disneyland–and keep the long game in mind. We won’t always have six kids at home. But we will always have each other. Is there a better gift than that?”
Sunday Morning Songs for Kids – TGC
But Love Comes Closer – Katelyn Dixon
“When I feel the smothering effect of shame, I try to keep people at arm’s length until I’m ‘good enough’ to re-engage with the world. But while shame repulses, love comes closer. The love of God encircles us, draws a line in the sand between us and shame, daring our accusers to take one step closer.“
How to Keep Your Eyes on Christ – DesiringGod.org
“And therein lies the key to the Christian life: not hard work for Jesus, not labor for Jesus, but looking at Jesus — look at him over and over and over. And if you see him, if he does for you what he did for that blind man, you open your eyes. You can’t leave him. And if you haven’t seen him, pray that your eyes would be opened.”
Staying in the Tension – Jonathan and Melissa Helser
Our relationship with the Word. (it’s not that simple) – Sara Hagerty
“Instead of berating yourself into better Bible reading habits or feeling the disparate spurts of false-strength when you’ve “followed your plan” on your best days, might I suggest that this year you (we) face … Him.“
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