Christ in Post-Christian Culture
THOUGHTS OF TYRANNY never induce happy thoughts. Such totalitarianism leaves little room for fulfillment of individual dreams and desires. We hope for sunshine and bunny rabbits and ice cream cones. We never expect gray skies and hopelessness, but all bets are off when emotions rule; when feelings become the main impetus for action. It is …
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Written by Steven Barto, B.S. Psy., M.A. Theology WHEN IT COMES TO appetites, we must be able to choose. To allow our appetites to choose for us is the hallmark of obsession and addiction. Mastery over our appetites is not out of reach, but it often feels that way while in the grips of an …
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By Steven Barto, B.S. Psych. LOVE. IT'S MORE THAN A four-letter word. At its basic, love is a noun meaning "strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties," such as a mother's love for her child. Of course, it also means "attraction based on sexual desire: affection and tenderness felt by lovers." …
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We come now to the last of the nine fruits of the Spirit, self-control. (See Galatians 5:22-23) The nine Beatitudes (Matthew 5) could be pronounced on those who bear these nine fruits, and there could well be special emphasis on the last in this way: "Blessed are the self-controlled." It is interesting that Paul puts …
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"But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desires of the flesh." (Gal. 5:16) The original Greek word for walk means, in a metaphorical sense, habitual conduct. The phrase in the Spirit means by the Spirit as a rule of conduct. The New Living Translation says, "So I say, …
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