by Cheryl Knight | Feb 2, 2017 | Uncategorized
One symptom of “sklerocardia,” that is, the condition of having a “hard heart,” is unwillingness to be grateful for the gift of life and its various blessings. Such inner hardness desensitizes the soul, making us feel numb inside… People...
by Cheryl Knight | Feb 1, 2017 | Uncategorized
Disregarding truth cheapens and impairs a sense of self, causing disintegration of spiritual life and depersonalization of others. As humanity becomes more and more fractured and stupefied, God’s “like for like” judgment will result in “giving them over” (paradidomi)...
by Cheryl Knight | Jan 29, 2017 | Uncategorized
Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep” (Romans 12:15 ESV). The Bible tells us to “rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep” (Romans 12:15 ESV). Have you noticed that the second part of that sentence is easy, but the first part can be...
by Cheryl Knight | Jan 25, 2017 | Uncategorized
Our postmodern culture today is wicked and lawless, afflicted with the cowardice that comes from having a bad conscience. In that sense it is decidedly unfree and enslaved to its own self-destructive impulses. Tragically, many people today interpret...
by Cheryl Knight | Jan 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
Dr. Charles Stanley Numbers 21:4-9 Although we never like to admit it, God will at times use hardships, such as tragedy, to shake us out of self-centeredness and other misguided attitudes. Unexpected hardship is often accompanied by a season of intense clarity. The...
by Cheryl Knight | Jan 19, 2017 | Uncategorized
The LORD said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry… I know their sorrows” (Exod. 3:7). The grammar here is intense: “seeing I have seen” (רָאה רָאִיתִי). Understand, then, that God...
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