Written by Dawn Rutan I recently read this quote from Augustine in regards to his struggle with sin: “How sweet all at once it was for me to be rid of those fruitless joys which I had once feared to lose…! You drove them from me, you who are the true, the sovereign joy. […]
Written by Dawn Rutan Following up on last week’s post on the blessings of brokenness, I started thinking about various people in the Bible and how God impacted their lives. I suddenly realized that I couldn’t think of a single person who hadn’t suffered in some significant way. From Abraham to Moses to David to
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Written by Dawn Rutan The messages I heard Sunday in Sunday school and in the church service have melded together in my thinking this week. In Sunday school we’ve been talking about idols, which can be anything that we allow to take priority over God, and can even include good things. And the sermon
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Written by Dawn Rutan I am not a sinner – I am redeemed I am not guilty – I am forgiven I am not wounded – I’ve been made whole I am not weak – I am an overcomer I am not a victim – I am a victor I am not dead in sin
Guest Speaker Ron Thomas 3 And while he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining at table, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly, and she broke the flask and poured it over his head.4 There were some who said to themselves indignantly, “Why
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Written by Dawn Rutan Some time ago I was reading 2 Corinthians and noticed that 12:10 varies depending on the version you read. The NIV says, “That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.” However, the
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