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Friendship
3 Barriers to Genuine Listening and How to Overcome Them
True listening takes time, effort, and intention. What are some barriers we need to remove in order to genuinely listen to someone else?
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Church Membership — Like a Marriage
Christians can start looking for the door with a consumer’s mentality when a local church doesn’t meet their expectations. Their membership is all about receiving benefits and service. Here’s why our attitude towards church membership should be closer to what we find in a marriage relationship.
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Embracing Confrontation—Do You Dare?
Confrontation. Just the thought of it can instantly make your heartbeat quicken and palms sweat. Here’s why, when coming from a sincere heart, confrontation can actually be an act of love.
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Loving God and Your Neighbor in Your Vocation of Friendship
Have you ever considered how friendship is a vocation God gives you for his glory?
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Where Did Our Love for One Another Go?
Whether it has to do with politics, religion, or pop culture, the most common mode of communication nowadays seems to be hatred, and we see lots of biting and devouring even among fellow believers. As Christians interact with one another in the midst of a hostile world, they must remember the posture of our Lord when he was in the midst of being crucified.
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Are Short-Term Friendships Worth the Investment?
There are times in life when you may have to decide if you’re going to invest in a friendship or if you’re going to let the opportunity (and effort it takes) pass you by. We all have a limited amount of time and can therefore only keep up a select number of relationships well. Are short-term friendships worth the investment?
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How to Nurture Real Friendships That Grow and Thrive
We all long for close friendships with others. We desire to have people we can count on, people who know and understand us, and people who will stick by us. Yet, such friendships don’t happen overnight. Here is some practical advice for nurturing thriving and lasting friendships.
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A Pastor’s Reflections on Rosaria Butterfield’s “The Gospel Comes with a House Key”
Today the world’s mentality is, if you want to get something done, you have to protest, march, boycott, or do something to wield power and influence to promote your agenda. In her most recent book, “The Gospel Comes with a House Key,” Rosaria Butterfield encourages Christians to simply open their homes to everyone and anyone as a means by which to share the love of Christ and the gospel.
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