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Confidence – Who Needs It?

January 14, 2017

BELIEVING THE TRUTH, SALVATION ASSURANCE

Confidence – who needs it? We all do! And plenty of it. Like popcorn with salt, everything goes better with confidence. But where do we go to get it? In The Sound of Music, Julie Andrews as Maria is the spokesperson for popular culture when she sings: “I have confidence in confidence alone, and as you can see, I have confidence in me!” That’s what we want to be – optimistic people brimming with self-confidence. But before we all join in and sing a chorus or two, let’s stop to consider…

Why It’s Hard to Feel God’s Delight

January 6, 2017

Healing Streams

BELIEVING THE TRUTH, SPIRITUAL WARFARE

Ever wonder why it’s so hard to feel God’s delight in you? How can God possibly delight in any of us? Some days it takes a lot of faith just to believe that He can love and forgive us. But that He actually delights in us, rejoices over us, has passionate affections for us, and is constantly devoted to us—this really seems too much to ask! First, let us identity the enemy’s strategy: he and his kingdom have been continuously at…

The Problem of Suffering (Mysteries Revealed)

November 5, 2016

Healing Streams

BELIEVING THE TRUTH, KNOWING GOD

The Problem of Suffering: God, Free Will and Consequences Everyone encounters suffering in life. For some—the happy few—pain and problems roll through their days like small waves in the surf. A sunny optimism keeps them bouncing above the water at least for a season. For others, suffering invades their life like an armed man, holding them captive not only to troubles, but also to negative attitudes every bit as troublesome. Suffering comes in all sizes…

What Causes Disease? Dig down to the Spiritual Roots!

September 24, 2016

Healing Streams

HEALING (PHYSICAL-EMOTIONAL), MIND-BODY CONNECTION

What Causes Disease? One of the most unsettling things about disease—apart from the thing itself—is the lack of any clear answer about where it came from and why we got it. We want to know what causes disease, especially the one that just jumped on us! Of course with infectious diseases we know that it’s germs, even if we can’t identify the moment of contact. But it would help to know wouldn’t it? Because then we would have a fighting…