‘One Thing’ Revisited

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I’d like to share some very important truths from Christ’s encounter with the rich young ruler narrated in my previous blog post.

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Revengeance for All!

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You know what it’s like to be treated unjustly.

Injustice stabs like a dagger–especially when the victim is one’s self. In a very real sense, injustice is a form of rape: a violation of one’s dignity and an affront to one’s personal worth.

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How to be Perfect (Part 3)

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We continue our Perfection Howto from Part 2 with Step Five.

Over the past two millennia there have been many attempts in many languages to communicate the nexus of what Step Four means (unconditional acceptance from God). One of the best of these is John Bunyan’s “The Doctrine of Law and Grace Unfolded” edited by Michael Rotolo for a more modern rendering of Bunyan’s 1659 English dialect. You must be patient, however, with dear old John; he goes to enormous lengths to destroy any hope your soul may have of pleasing God by what you do.

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