Tag: growth
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Want Growth? Stop Trying!
What?!? Are you promoting a lifestyle which allows sinful behavior as long as it is not the really bad stuff? What about being intentional about growth? Isn’t change about making the right decisions and avoiding pitfalls and weaknesses in our personalities? While agreeing with all the above objections, I have a question. What makes these…
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Holiness: More than Keeping the Rules
Christianity often gets a bad reputation for being a religion full of rules and regulations. The character trait this incorrect view reflects most would be holiness. Surely, holiness is about doing the right things. Or is it? In the book of Leviticus, the word holy is repeated over 70 times. Leviticus details the sacrificial system, with…
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The Gospel that is Not
Today, NoSuperHeroes welcomes Chance Faulkner. He resides in Canada with his lovely wife. Chance is a recent newlywed and graduate of the Emmaus School of Biblical Studies. You can follow him on his blog and Twitter. He also runs a photography business. _________ We live in a time in history where, more than ever, it seems…
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Eat This Book
I’ve been reading Eugene Peterson’s Eat This Book recently. His analogy of us reading the Word of God was striking. I want to share it with you. “Years ago I owned a dog who had fondness for large bones…He gnawed on the bone, turned it over and around, licked it, worried it. Sometimes we could hear…
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The Next Generation Leader by Andy Stanley
Andy Stanley is one of my favorite communicators. I thoroughly enjoy his podcasts and respect what he has accomplished. When I read several blogs touting must-read leadership books, his was on there. I picked up a copy of Next Generation Leader and was not disappointed. Andy looks at 5 Essential Traits for those who will shape…