(The following is the June 8 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read Acts 25 and pay close attention to verses 6-12.) We can measure the depth of our convictions by how willing we are to endure the consequences of living by them. What beliefs and values are so important that we …
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What Is Your Worldview?
What is your worldview? Can you articulate it? Do you understand what the term means? Here's one definition: "The overall perspective from which one sees and interprets the world" (thefreedictionary.com). That perspective may center around a philosophy, religious faith, self-constructed set of ethics or other criteria an individual deems most right and valuable in understanding …
Leap Year Lesson #360: Know What You Believe
I spent many hours the past few days writing down a summary of my core Christian beliefs. Why? To put it in writing to give to my sons this Christmas in a letter I periodically write to them; As a good exercise in clarifying and articulating what I believe; To take a public stand about …
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Leap Year Lesson #338: All Beliefs Are Not True
It would seem self-evident to any thinking person that not everything everyone believes is true. How could they be when people believe contradictory and incompatible things? Whether it is a story about what happened in some event, or cherished, personal, spiritual beliefs at the core of one's being, the fact that someone believes something does …
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Leap Year Lesson #257: Read Something That Challenges Your Beliefs
I just finished reading Andrew Farley's latest book Heaven is Now. The title is a bit misleading, so the subtitle more accurately portrays the message: "Awakening Your Five Spiritual Senses to the Wonders of Grace." I'm a Farley fan, counting his first book The Naked Gospel among my top 10 of books having the greatest …
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