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Slightly Obsessed #237: Social Media Stoning
Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool. – Ecclesiastes 7:9 Blood-thirsty mobs have always existed. But revenge was a simpler act to carry out in the days before computers. People just stoned the offenders. The wounds were physical and usually fatal. It was not supposed…
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Slightly Obsessed #235 Lose Your Reputation and Gain a Life
Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy…
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Slightly Obsessed #234: The Fear of Sudden Glug
Listen to this article Do not be afraid of sudden fear Nor of the onslaught of the wicked when it comes; For the LORD will be your confidence And will keep your foot from being caught. – Proverbs 3:24-26 Our son’s pet Solo is a street dog adopted from a local humane shelter. Solo makes…
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Slightly Obsessed #233: When God Tears It Up
For no man can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if any man builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, each man’s work will become evident; for the day will show it because it is to be revealed with fire, and…
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Slightly Obsessed 232: Beyond the Veil of Tears
My soul waits in silence for God only; From Him is my salvation. He only is my rock and my salvation, My stronghold; I shall not be greatly shaken. – Psalm 62:1-2 One striking aspect of Christ’s time on earth is how little He revealed of His own struggles. We know little of His sorrows…
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Slightly Obsessed #231: Suddenly
In the same region there were some shepherds staying out in the fields and keeping watch over their flock by night. And an angel of the Lord suddenly stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them; and they were terribly frightened. But the angel said to them, ‘Do not be afraid;…
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Slightly Obsessed #230: Are We Spiritual Darwinists?
From that time Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised up on the third day. Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, ‘God forbid it, Lord! This shall never happen…
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Slightly Obsessed #229: When Pain Is a Good Thing
God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world. – C.S. Lewis It’s deep into the football season. Some players have been sidelined with season-ending injuries, while others limp through the games. In a 2016 ESPN article entitled “How NFL…
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Slightly Obsessed #228: The God of the Grateful
I will remember the works of the LORD: yes, I will remember Your wonders of old. I will reflect on all You have done and ponder Your mighty deeds. – Psalm 77:11-12 (Berean Study Bible) The voice on the other end of the line sternly lectured me. “Pam,” the doctor scolded, “You’re in denial. Accept…
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Slightly Obsessed #227: Release the Beautiful
But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your mouth. Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices, and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of…
