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Handling Your Portion in Conflict

The topic of conflict is a big one. Much too big to handle completely in a blog. However, there are some easy things you can implement into your approach during conflict to ensure that you handle things correctly. Conflict can and does arise from faulty interpersonal communication with coworkers, friends, strangers, family members and spouses. Even if you are trying your best to avoid conflict, there are times that you can slip into a situation and find yourself at odds with another. However you don't need to stay there. Here are a couple of.. (Read More)

Vote for Jesus?

Now that the Olympics are over, the world is transfixed on our presidential election.  Barack Obama or John McCain?  Are these two our only options as Christians?  In Jesus for President: Politics for Ordinary Radicals (JFP), Shane Claiborne and Chris Haw say No. To give you some background, Shane Claiborne is a popular author and self-proclaimed activist with numerous youTube videoes who speaks at colleges and churches all over the world and was recently interviewed on CNN. In JFP, the authors attempt to confront the American church’s adulterous love affair with “the world’s largest superpower” (17) by.. (Read More)

Total Forgiveness

God’s forgiveness is complete.  Because God is too pure to approve or tolerate what is evil (Hab.1:13; Ps.5:4-5; et al.), to say that we are God’s beloved children because we are accepted by God in Christ, is to make a gigantic claim that assumes that our sin problem has been totally resolved. It can only mean “total” forgiveness. To see yourself in the promise of Romans 8:1 “there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus” is to affirm that your connection with Christ through faith can be nothing less that 100% release from any.. (Read More)