Category: Sin
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A Confession of Sin
As I confessed in the past blog post tagged here, The Sin of Overprotection, my biggest sin is overprotection. I know that this might sound benign. But, in my experience, it does me as much harm as other people’s professed sins, It has cost me relationships, it has caused me needless suffering, and in many…
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The Sin of Overprotection
“Thou shalt not protect. Said No One Ever As I’ve been doing the work of intentionally reshaping my ministerial calling to becoming a non-anxious presence, a lot of things have been coming up for me—areas of tension that I want to surrender to the “Non-anxious Way”. For example, recently, I’ve been wondering what my life…
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Who Are You?
The video speaks for itself so I am not writing a lot of commentary on this post. There’s just going to be the scripture passages, this prayer below, and this question “Who are you?” I hope you are blessed by this message. The video is shaky, but the intention is solid. If it makes you…
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Anger, But Don’t Miss the Mark
If you read my older post, You Won’t Like Me When I’m Angry, you probably have a pretty good idea on my views about anger. In that post I pointed out the time Jesus flipped out on the money changers and how in Ephesians 4:26, 27 it says “‘Be angry, and do not sin’:do not let the…
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You Won’t Like Me When I Am Angry
In Ephesians 4:26, 27 it says “‘Be angry, and do not sin’:do not let the sun go down on your wrath, nor give place to the devil.” This is a verse that I have had to remind myself of more frequently in the past few years than I ever have before. In general I am…
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A Thief and a Liar (Shine)
Is there anything in your life that you would give absolutely everything to? Can you even imagine such a thing? There used to be a time when I felt like I could absolutely give myself to whatever I set my heart to. My heart was disciplined to Love and my belief was that I had…
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