Cessation is a fancy word for ceasing. It’s usually used to describe why some in the church don’t believe the gifts of the Spirit are for today. The argument I often hear is from what Paul said in 1 …
Truth to Meditate On to Know You Are Forgiven
If you’ve asked for forgiveness from God, you may still need help knowing you’re forgiven. People have this problem when they want to “feel” like they’ve been forgiven. Truth supersedes feelings. …
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What If The Person Won’t Forgive Me When I Ask?
This is a question often used to to justify not asking for forgiveness from someone we’ve offended. It’s never easy to swallow our pride, humble ourselves, admit we were wrong and ask for …
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How to Ask for Forgiveness
Neil T. Anderson gives the following advice around asking for forgiveness in “The Steps to Freedom in Christ”: Only the actions, which have hurt another person, need to be confessed to them. If you …
The Forgiving and Forgetting Fallacy
If you truly forgive, shouldn’t you forget? Don’t you love it when people quote adages like they’re Scripture? “Forgive and forget” has done so much damage to people’s understanding of God and …
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Considering Heaven
I want to tell you the story of heaven today. I'm convinced Oliver Wendell Holmes got it wrong when he said people can be “so heavenly minded that they’re no earthly good,” (Yes, that's not a …