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Who controls your future?
Why do we worry about events that are far beyond our control?
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Meditate like a Cow
Biblical meditation is not an emptying of your mind but rather and intentional filling of it.
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Lust
Event though Jesus is actively giving commandments, it isn’t about following the law. It never was.
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Make Your Sin Bigger
In reformed circles we are really good at hitting total depravity. Maybe it’s just me projecting, but I feel like my students get that...
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What isn't the Gospel
Is God the Father, a cosmic child abuser? Did Jesus need to die? Could God have simply forgiven the sins of the whole world?
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