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Be Perfect
In a recent Little League ballgame, parents expressed adulation over their offspring's every action, no matter how trivial, and in which only participation trophies are awarded rather than MVP awards. "Dumbing down" or making …
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Does the Bible Contain Discrepancies?
The apostle Paul writes in II Timothy 3:16, “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.” Is this verse to be taken literally, or as many …
CGG Weekly
Remember Me (Part Two)
The apostle Paul teaches Christians in I Corinthians 11:27-29 to appraise themselves carefully before partaking of the bread and the wine in the Passover service: So if anyone eats this bread and drinks from this cup of the Lord in an …
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Luke 6:41-42
(41) And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not perceive the plank in your own eye? (42) Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me remove the speck that is in your eye,’ when you yourself do not see the plank that is in your own eye? Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck that is in your brother’s eye.
We each have our own "planks" that distort our discernment of the truth about others. Criticizing others for their faults makes us hypocrites. Indeed, if we try to lead them out of their faults before working to remove our own glaring …
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Big-Picture Thinking
by Richard T. RitenbaughEach year, as we flip our Gregorian calendars from December to January, it has become traditional to assess the old year and resolve to amend our faults and shortcomings in the new. Unfortunately, these assessments have devolved into a series of meaningless "Best of" and "Worst of" lists, while the amending of our ways chiefly concerns foods we love to eat, liquids we like to drink, weight we need to lose, and exercise we ought to do. As for real soul-searching and determination to improve one's character, for most, that has passed from the scene with the dodo bird and the passenger …
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Forerunner Magazine
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