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The Suffocating Power of Self (part 4)
Last week, we made the outrageous claim that God’s judgment is a good thing. Who knew? This week, we go further by asking how we can invite this judgment upon ourselves. Not only are we claiming to want God’s good judgment, now we’re paying a pretty steep price to get it. Continue reading
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The Suffocating Power of Self (part 3)
Ps. 98 says the the judgment of God is a good thing. Go figure! How could coming up short, and then hearing about it from God be good?
In this lesson, we see that we’ve really misunderstood the whole idea of “the judgment of God.” It’s a gift, it’s a treasure, and it’s something our natural human experience yearns for and needs. Really! Trust me! Continue reading
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Friends for the Fray: The Lost Art of Confession (part 3)
So, after a few weeks championing the benefits confession affords our souls, we come today, to the practical “how-to’s” of this ancient practice.
We look at making a good confession in three parts,
1) self-awareness,
2) thoroughness, and
3) penance
(Only some beginning remarks on penance; just enough to let you know it is probably not what you think it is. We’ll finish up next week)
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The Crazy People Who Live in Forgiveness-Land – Part 2
by Doug Hammack [Download MP3]