» pride http://www.northraleighcommunitychurch.org/audio Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:54:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Friends for The Fray: The Lost Art of Confession (part 2) http://www.northraleighcommunitychurch.org/audio/2010/02/28/friends-for-the-fray-the-lost-art-of-confession-part-2/ http://www.northraleighcommunitychurch.org/audio/2010/02/28/friends-for-the-fray-the-lost-art-of-confession-part-2/#comments Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:54:18 +0000 admin http://northraleighcommunitychurch.org/audio/?p=1207 Continue reading →]]> After last week’s digression to reinforce the importance of making for ourselves a healthy spiritual community, today we resume looking at the practicality of this ancient spiritual spiritual practice, confession.

The themes of this lesson are very personal for me. The bulk of last week’s digression-lesson was a personal story, and this week is too. It was embarrassing 15 years ago, now it is one of my most cherished memories.

Have a listen.
Doug

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This digression will expand what I said last week, and I’ll spend the lion’s share of our time telling you a story from my own life. It’s a story of love for people, and how without it, we cannot give our gifts to one another, and consequently, we fall short of our destinies.

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Doug

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]]> http://www.northraleighcommunitychurch.org/audio/2010/02/21/friends-for-the-fray-a-digression-to-reinforce/feed/ 0 Friends for the Fray: The Lost Art of Confession (part 1) http://www.northraleighcommunitychurch.org/audio/2010/02/14/friends-for-the-fray-the-lost-art-of-confession-part-1/ http://www.northraleighcommunitychurch.org/audio/2010/02/14/friends-for-the-fray-the-lost-art-of-confession-part-1/#comments Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:29:58 +0000 admin http://northraleighcommunitychurch.org/audio/?p=1196 Continue reading →]]> The ancient art of confession is lost to most Christians today.  It is a loss that causes great peril to our souls. In this lesson, we talk about the importance of this ancient practice, and some of the reasons we tend to resist it.

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]]> http://www.northraleighcommunitychurch.org/audio/2010/02/14/friends-for-the-fray-the-lost-art-of-confession-part-1/feed/ 0 Friends for the Fray: An Imperative http://www.northraleighcommunitychurch.org/audio/2010/02/07/friends-for-the-fray-an-imperative/ http://www.northraleighcommunitychurch.org/audio/2010/02/07/friends-for-the-fray-an-imperative/#comments Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:52:34 +0000 admin http://northraleighcommunitychurch.org/audio/?p=1188 Continue reading →]]> Solitary Spirituality and the Path to Anemia – Why You Shouldn’t Go It Alone

“The Big Three,” pride, lust, and greed, are a part of the human condition.   Though we Americans have been schooled in individualism, and independence, solitary spirituality leaves us anemic in the face of these persistant forces.  This lesson suggests heeding the ancient wisdom of team tackling the big three with a community of spiritual friends to strenghten and encourage us along the way.

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The “Big Three” temptations of life have a long and storied tradition.  The ancients called them “the lust of the eyes,” “the lust of the flesh,” and “the pride of life.”  We think of them as pride (an excessive focus on self), lust (an excessive focus on pleasure), and greed (an excessive focus on possessions).  In this lesson and the next few, we’ll be thinking about how we can have greater internal freedom in the face of the “Big Three.”

]]> http://www.northraleighcommunitychurch.org/audio/2010/01/24/friends-for-the-fray-challenging-pride-lust-and-greed/feed/ 0 The "Why" Issue and What "Peace" Has to Do With That http://www.northraleighcommunitychurch.org/audio/2009/02/08/the-why-issue-and-what-peace-has-to-do-with-that/ http://www.northraleighcommunitychurch.org/audio/2009/02/08/the-why-issue-and-what-peace-has-to-do-with-that/#comments Sun, 08 Feb 2009 17:00:58 +0000 admin http://northraleighcommunitychurch.org/audio/?p=187 Continue reading →]]> by Jim Amundsen

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God promises us tribulation, trials and troubles in our life, but he also promises us peace. This is not peace as the world defines it but the “peace that passes understanding”. However certain things get in the way of our obtaining that peace, such as: pride, selfishness, past failures, the difficulties of being a Christian and lack of faith that God is leading us the best way. There is another dimension of faith that we can tap into.

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