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How to Rise Above Mediocre Expectations By DAVID JEREMIAH via Stream We spend a lot of life figuring out if we “measure up,” a phrase someone coined in the mid-1800s. Even in childhood, we begin comparing ourselves with siblings and kids at school, and it never seems to stop. The problem goes back to Cain and Abel, doesn’t it? Most of the time, we don’t go about the “measuring up” process in a wise way. The result? The way we feel about ourselves takes a battering, and the way we evaluate…

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The Right Hand of God by Myra Kahn Adams for Town Hall Author’s Note: Readers can find all previous volumes of this series here. The first 56 volumes are compiled into the book “Bible Study For Those Who Don’t Read The Bible.”  Part Two, featuring volumes 57-113, will be published later this year. Thanks for joining us today for our study about the “Right Hand of God.” After feeling “called” to write about this familiar phrase that permeates Scripture, I asked Jonathan Cahn for his definition. Cahn — a Messianic Jewish rabbi, Hope of…

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Study Reveals Big Percentage of US Christians Are Not ‘Spiritually Mature’ by Bill White for Charisma News I would like to say I was shocked at the results of a study we conducted recently, showing that over half of U.S. Christians are not very mature spiritually—ranking somewhere equivalent to a toddler or younger when compared with physical growth stages. However, as a pastor, I have observed that many of us can tend to get stalled out in our spiritual journeys, so I wanted to share some keys for moving forward. As…

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Understanding the Unpardonable Sin from CBN.com Some people believe that God cannot forgive them. They think that they have committed the “Unpardonable Sin.” It is fairly common to be assailed by the thought that the unpardonable sin has somehow been committed. Such great men in the past as Martin Luther (who began the Reformation) and John Bunyan (who wrote the Christian Classic, Pilgrim’s Progress) were obsessed with this thought. They came out of their depressions through learning about the great promises of God and accepting these promises by faith. What…

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What are the theories of the atonement? from Compelling Truth Atonement literally means “at one-ment” with God. It is the way in which the guilt-punishment chain produced by the violation of God’s will is broken, as well as the resulting state of reconciliation that occurs with God because of Christ’s work on the cross. Concerning this, Paul says: “More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation” (Romans 5:11). Historically, a number of theories have been offered as to…

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