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Where modesty comes from, and why it’s still essential today By Hugh Owen for Life Site News Modest dress once gave witness to the unique dignity of women. Does it still, or is modesty just an outdated custom? Nowadays, in Latin and Byzantine Rite Catholic Churches, as well as in the other Churches of the Catholic Church, many ancient traditions and customs have been called into question, and many of the faithful have been led to believe that most of the “old ways” of doing things are “old hat” and…

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HOW TO BE THANKFUL FOR YOUR MESSED-UP CHURCH by William Boekestein for Core Christianity If you were asked to write a note of thanksgiving about your church, similar to those with which Paul customarily began his letters to the churches, could you do it? Beyond the building, the location, the familiarity, and the friends, what about your church makes you thankful? Without a habit of verbalizing gratitude, believers can easily develop a critical attitude toward the church. By contrast, thankfulness can set the tone for contentment and sacrificial participation with…

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When the Devil Tries to Kill You: 8 Practical Steps for Victorious Spiritual Warfare by KRIS VALLOTTON for Charisma News Do you feel like you’re walking through the valley of the shadow of death? It can feel like the loneliest and scariest place. I know that valley well. I’ve walked through it in different seasons of life, and I’ve learned that it’s something we’re supposed to do just that in—walk. We’re supposed to walk until we’re out of it. I learned this the hard way in a season right after…

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The Spiritual Significance Behind Our Earlier-Than-Usual Christmas Celebrations This Year By Tré Goins-Phillips for Faith Wire I’m the one who’s been screaming “Santa’s coming!” since October, and for perhaps the first year in recent memory, most of America seems OK decking the halls just a little bit earlier. At the risk of romanticizing the impetus for our speedy embrace of the Yuletide season, I think the reason is perhaps more spiritual than we know. Holiday decorations are already gracing storefront windows, Christmas tree lights are glowing in our living rooms, and…

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Is baptism required for salvation? from Compelling Truth Baptism is one of the most controversial issues in the Christian faith. Infant baptism vs. believer’s baptism? Baptism by immersion or baptism by sprinkling/pouring? Baptism as a symbolic act of obedience and identification with Christ’s death and resurrection vs. baptism as a requirement that God will not grant salvation without? Out of all of these debates, by far the most important is the question: Is baptism required for salvation? What makes this question difficult is the fact that there are some Scripture…

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WHEN YOU PRAY, IT’S OKAY TO PLAGIARIZE by John J. Bombaro  for Core Christianity “Pray then like this: Our Father in heaven, hallowed by your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil” (Matt. 6:9–13). Though we know it by rote through over-learning, we can never exhaust the theology of the Lord’s Prayer.…

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What does the Holy Spirit do? from Compelling Truth The Holy Spirit is one of the three persons of the Trinity, along with the Father and the Son (Jesus Christ). The Holy Spirit is a person, interacts with us personally, and is in relationship with both the Father (Genesis 1:2; Exodus 31:3) and the Son (Romans 8:9). The Holy Spirit interacts with us in His own way—distinct from the Father and the Son: “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit…

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