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Tag Archives: confession
Own Your Errors
Thought for the Week “Admit your mistakes,” is hardly the motto of our current culture. If anything, it’s the opposite. Being exposed for having ever been anything other than what one claims to be can mark the end of a … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes
Tagged 1 Timothy 4:15, confession, errors, honesty, humility, mistakes, politics, self-improvement
70 Comments
Do Not be Afraid!
2020. Day 2 out of 365. Gulp. It’s been said that the phrase “Do Not be Afraid” appears 365 time in the Bible–once for each day of the year. Whether or not that’s accurate, the phrase does appear throughout the … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Humor, Religion/Faith
Tagged 1 John 4:18, 2020, confession, fear, God, love, unified field theory
38 Comments
Life-Producing Sorrow
Originally posted on Feeding On Jesus:
“For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death” (2 Cor. 7:10, ESV). There is a place for sorrow over our sins. However, God carefully differentiates…
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged blogger, confession, featured, healing, missionary, prayer, truth
4 Comments
The Real Me
I prayed before sunrise this morning, confessing my failings, admitting my fears, seeking to better know my God. Later on, at the bathroom mirror, I was startled to see the face of an adult staring back at me. Why? Because … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged child, confession, Creator, God, Matthew 18:3, prayer, sunrise
17 Comments
“They” is Us!
The scandal du jour in my country surrounds a passel of privileged folks, two of whom are TV stars, bribing corrupt college officials to admit their privileged children to famous universities—kids who would never otherwise have been accepted. String ‘em … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Humor
Tagged Brenton Tarrant, colleges, confession, evil, Felicity Huffman, forgiveness, scandal, sin
45 Comments
Block Out the Noise
The traditional season of Lent has begun, a time of quietness, contemplation and repentance. In other words: truthfulness with oneself. How rare a thing that is in this “modern civilization” of ours. It’s also traditional to give up something for … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged confession, honesty, John 8:31-32, Lent, repentance, self, truth
24 Comments
My Butterfly Effect
Originally posted on Mitch Teemley:
I’ve always found the butterfly effect intriguing: the idea that the mere flap of a butterfly’s wing in, say, Des Moines could start a chain reaction leading to a devastating tsunami in Sr Lanka; or,…
Posted in Culture, For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged apology, butterfly, confession, effect, forgiveness, Matthew 6:33
4 Comments
The Confessions of Peter, Part One
I’d always identified more with the Apostle Paul. But Peter? A mouthy fisherman with a yellow streak. But then I was asked to dramatize the Peter story for a movie project, and was astonished at what I discovered: more than … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged Apostle Peter, confession, Easter, forgiveness, Good Friday, Jesus, resurrection
14 Comments
Hardness of Heart
Do you suffer from Hardness of Heart? Millions do. In fact, HOH is the world’s number one preventable cause of spiritual death. Progressive symptoms include but are not limited to: dull ears and dim eyes (Isaiah 6:10), darkened understanding (Ephesians … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Humor, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged commercial, confession, forgiveness, funny, prayer, sin
59 Comments
The Wishing Map 49
Originally posted on Mitch Teemley:
Note: To read The Wishing Map from the beginning, click here. The Wishing Map Chapter Eleven: …and Found (Continued) Previously: Gina stalled for time as princess Feyrdú waited to take her life. ⇔ ⇔ ⇔ Gina…
Posted in Books, Humor, Story Power, The Wishing Map
Tagged black widow, confession, danger, death, fantasy, pixie
5 Comments