by Elaine Olsen | Sep 9, 2008 | christian perfection, desert dwelling, living God's truth, theology
Congrats to Joan (#13) at More God = Less Me for winning Chris Tomlin’s new CD (please email me your snail mail, so I can get it to you ASAP). Today, we pause in our study of “Setting the Table for Communion.” There is greater thought that pulses in my heart...
by Elaine Olsen | Aug 19, 2008 | christian perfection, living God's truth, theology
“Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in his holiness. (Hebrews 12:10). This morning, I almost didn’t do what I needed to do.Almost.But I didn’t. Instead, I did what I needed to do...
by Elaine Olsen | Aug 3, 2008 | christian perfection, living God's truth
“… let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross,...
by Elaine Olsen | Jun 19, 2008 | christian perfection, death, evil, living God's truth, theology
“Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.” (Romans 12:9).What do you do with evil?What do you do with a story that breathes so heinous that it rocks you to core and forces you to utter words of vengeful wrath and retribution?What do you do with...
by Elaine Olsen | Apr 16, 2008 | christian perfection, living God's truth, theology
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus… .” (Hebrews 12:1-2).What...
by Elaine Olsen | Mar 4, 2008 | christian perfection
“For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me.” (1 Corinthians 13:9-11)....
