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  • Heartfelt Words Don’t Have Dictionary Definitions

    Heartfelt Words Don’t Have Dictionary Definitions

    We hear the phrase “Heartfelt Words” or similar expressions from time-to-time. Most of the time, we say it in context of expressing sympathy or to show genuine care. However, angry words or words and phrases that are rooted in bitterness, jealousy, envy, or other negative sentiments are equally heartfelt. We just don’t like to…

  • Keeping the Sabbath is Not Part of a Holy Checklist

    Keeping the Sabbath is Not Part of a Holy Checklist

    What seems like an age-old debate is whether or not Christians should work on Sunday. It would seem that doing so is in direct violation of the fourth commandment of “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.” (Exodus 20:8). While I cannot even begin to present a sound theological argument one way or…

  • To Live Fully Alive, You Must Do More than Exist

    To Live Fully Alive, You Must Do More than Exist

    How can we be fully alive? I mean really and truly fully alive? There are many ways we go about making it happen. And we might even think we are doing it. Yet, the contentment, satisfaction, and good feelings that made us that way eventually fade. Sometimes it’s thrust from us. Other times, it…