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‘Proverbs 31 Woman’ – A Modern Interpretation by Myra Kahn Adams for Town Hall Thanks for joining our study of the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) book of Proverbs chapter 31 verses 10-31. (I hear gasps and see eye rolls from ladies of faith who dread hearing the phrase “Proverbs 31 woman.” ) The verses are traditionally associated with unrealistic womanly/wifely perfection —making anyone blessed with XX chromosomes feel deficient. The passages describe a superwoman/mother who is a jack of all trades. (Correction: “Jackie” who excels at every imaginable task and possesses every exemplary…

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Spiritual Lessons from My Dumb Phone by DRU JOHNSON for Christianity Today Scrolling through Twitter on my train commute home, I came upon a photo of an odd-looking phone—matte black and paperwhite. A former coworker of mine had been using the low-tech phone for about year. I was fascinated because I had been thinking about ditching my smartphone altogether. The post unintentionally revealed a felt need. After a few days of watching product review videos, I placed my order. I bought my first cellphone in my mid-30s when we moved…

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The pain of spiritual growth By Hedieh Mirahmadi, for Christian Post “Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul.” – 1 Peter 2:11   Like so many other great men and women of the Bible, Peter loved God but failed miserably. Peter was the rock on which the Lord would build his church, but he was also the one who denied the Lord three times moments after He was captured. The Prophet Abraham left paganism to follow God…

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When Will Our Culture Become So Desperate That It Sees Only One Clear Choice? RONALD DEE MALLETT for Charisma News If you are in crisis, please call 1-800-273-8255 or visit suicidepreventionlifeline.org. You are not alone. If you want to talk about addiction / recovery reach out – Info@GospelNewsNetwork.org Suicide remains at pandemic levels among all age groups in the U.S., but most grievously among teenagers. The Centers for Disease Control cataloged 45,979 such deaths in 2020. This is about one death every 11 minutes. Also in 2020, suicide was the second leading…

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4 Findings About Christian Charity and Young Americans That Once Again Prove the Power of Faith By Billy Hallowell for Faith Wire GNN Note – We have been under the impression the studies, research and white papers produced by LifeWay are deeply flawed and the numbers they report about the number of active Christians, active being involved in a relationship with Jesus Christ. Does this mean they are showing up at a building called church on Sunday or Wednesday or another day/time of the week? Nope, not at all. That doesn’t…

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‘Dear Prudence’ Advises Reader: Maybe Tell Your Christian In-Laws To Shut Up The Jesus Talk BY: TRISTAN JUSTICE for The Federalist Poetic Justice is an advice column that offers counter-advice to submissions at other publications whose contributors have failed the reader. A reader wrote to Slate earlier this month dismayed at the faith-based well wishes of her in-laws. The solution proposed by “Prudence,” in the event that tolerance is too much, is to tell the in-laws to knock off the Jesus talk. The full submission is below titled, “Help! My In-Laws Think…

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Should I Fast? BY William Boekestein for Core Christianity “And the people of Nineveh believed God. They called for a fast and put on sackcloth. . . . Neither man nor beast, herd nor flock tasted anything” (Jon. 3:5, 7). We might feel that the fasting of Nineveh is a telltale sign of a primitive culture. Fasting might be good for people who wrote by pressing wedges into soft clay and served food to carved images of their deities, but it surely can’t be suitable for modern people. Is fasting finished? Or…

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‘The Darkest Time in My Life’: Ex-Trans Individuals Share Before-and-After Stories and Photos on #DetransAwarenessDay By Billy Hallowell for Faith Wire A group of individuals who have “detransitioned” took to social media over the weekend to share their harrowing stories, collectively communicating their experiences with the #DetransAwarenessDay hashtag. These formerly transgender people offered photos to accompany their stories of heart change. These before-and-after testimonies offer an important lens into a perspective not often seen in mainstream media. “My name is Grace and I detransitioned,” one Twitter user wrote along with before…

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I Left the New Age Behind When I Read the Old Testament by DOREEN VIRTUE for Christianity Today My books and courses brought fame and fortune. Now I’m begging people to ignore what I taught. As recently as five years ago, I was the world’s top-selling New Age author. At the time, I enjoyed a phenomenally lucrative lifestyle. I lived on a 50-acre ranch in Hawaii. My publisher treated me like a rock star, flying me and my husband first class to give sold-out workshops across the globe. We would…

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Backbone: Catholic diocese cancels gay author’s visit to London school, removes officials By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter GNN Note – It’s sad that we have to congratulate a Priest for standing up in support of Biblical principals. / END A Catholic diocese in the United Kingdom is facing backlash after canceling a children’s book signing event featuring a gay author at one of its schools, and reportedly removed the school’s governors for backing the decision to invite the speaker. As the Scottish website Catholic Truth first reported, children’s book…

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