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Slightly Obsessed #165: We Need Each Other
“If someone says, ‘I love God,’ and hates his brother, he is a liar, for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.” -1 John 4:20 It’s happened to me. It’s probably happened to you. Something is said on social media. Somebody…
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Slightly Obsessed #163 God and the Ballot Box
“Every person is to be in subjection to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God.” -Romans 13:1 To vote or not to vote. That is the question for millions of Americans saddled in November with the task of choosing between two distasteful…
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Slightly Obsessed #162: Are You Spreading Epignosis?
I pray that the fellowship of your faith may become effective through the knowledge of every good thing which is in you for Christ’s sake. – Philemon 1:6 Can you catch epignosis from your friends? It depends on who your friends are. It sounds like the name of a disease you might pick up in…
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Slightly Obsessed #161: A Breath Away from Betrayal
But as for me, my feet came close to stumbling, My steps had almost slipped. – Psalm 73:2 My youngest son was born this week in 1981. We nearly lost him at birth, and I was ill for a very long time afterward. The physical crash precipitated a spiritual crisis of faith. In the…
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Slightly Obsessed #160 Is It Real or Just Raw?
Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear. – Ephesians 4:29 According to the Urban Dictionary, the term “keeping it real” means “Do not be fake. Be…
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Slightly Obsessed #159: Volcano
The LORD spoke to you face to face at the mountain from the midst of the fire. – Deuteronomy 5:4 Our youngest son was married in a beautiful ceremony last weekend. For us, it was the culmination of months of harried activity not only preparing for the wedding, but restoring our tired-looking yard for…
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Slightly Obsessed #158: Like a Bride, Waiting
And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband. -Revelation 21:2 She stands on the church stage with the other members of the worship team, singing the chorus to a Chris Tomlin song in her clear soprano. Like a bride…
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Slightly Obsessed #157: Eyes Wide Open
And He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, ‘So, you men could not keep watch with Me for one hour?’ – Matthew 26:40 Again He came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy. – Matthew 26:43 Then He came to the disciples and said to them, ‘Are…
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Slightly Obsessed #156: The Promise
This is the promise which He Himself made to us: eternal life. – 1 John 2:25 January, not July, is traditionally the month for resolutions. It’s the symbolic equivalent of a new beginning, when we make all kinds of promises to ourselves and others. But New Year’s promises are notorious for not surviving past…
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Slightly Obsessed #155: Armed and Dangerous
For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses. – 2 Cor. 10:4 Never bring a knife to a gunfight. – Original source unknown The United States is embroiled in a battle over national security in the wake of recent shootings. A 2015 poll…
