Monthly Archives: October 2011

Do Narcissists Cry?

It’s Narcissist Friday!   Of course they do!  It is often tempting to portray narcissists as evil villains who prey on innocent victims.  Sometimes that’s an accurate portrayal, as some reading this will testify.  But most narcissists live in a … Continue reading

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Does it have to be?

Does everyone have to go through a time of law in order to understand and desire grace? This is a serious and difficult question.  I would love to know what others think.  My inclination is to say that new believers … Continue reading

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Do you deserve condemnation?

  Yep, trick question.  Almost all of us were taught to say yes to that one.  I just read a blog where a pastor writes to his congregation: “We truly deserve eternal destruction every day!”  His point, of course, was … Continue reading

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Jehovah Tsidkenu

The Lord is our Righteousness.  Does that make sense?  If that’s true, what about all the commands for us to live righteous lives?  What about the sense of failure that we feel all the time?  Why don’t I feel righteous? … Continue reading

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How righteous are you?

I really should start taking surveys.  I wonder how people would answer that question?  I know what some would say: “Not very!”  Most people don’t really accept that their sins have been washed away and that they stand in perfect … Continue reading

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Healthy Narcissism?

  It’s Narcissist Friday!   I just read a blog where the writer suggested that narcissism can be simply a healthy self-interest.  He said that narcissism was important for us to act in our own interest and satisfy our own … Continue reading

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Walk in Him

As you have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him Colossians 2:6 I am in Christ and Christ is in me.  Those may be the most powerful words of identity that you will ever read.  This is … Continue reading

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Walk in Wisdom

Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.   Colossians 4:5  See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise,   Ephesians 5:15  These passages are challenging for those who are under grace.  We are to … Continue reading

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Walk in His Way

 “Oh, that My people would listen to Me, That Israel would walk in My ways!   Psalms 81:13 Thus says the Lord: “Stand in the ways and see, And ask for the old paths, where the good way is, And walk … Continue reading

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Walk in His Works

For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.   Ephesians 2:10  Just after a great statement of grace in Ephesians 2:8-9, Paul tells us that we were … Continue reading

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