Darkened Glass Reflections
Living today with an eye on eternity
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Rooting Out Pride and Cultivating Humility
As a follow-up to my recent post about pride, I share a few practical biblical suggestions for dealing with pride and developing humility.
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Killer Pride
Perhaps one of the worst sins is one that almost all of us have, but few confess. We do not notice it in ourselves, but we recoil when we see it in others. That sin is pride.
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Foolish Wisdom
If we choose to accept God’s wisdom, we will seem foolish to the world. We will think like Jesus thinks, worship like Jesus worshiped, love as Jesus loves, and forgive as He has forgiven us.
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Recognizing Idolatry
Idolatry is not only about praying to graven images. Greed and elevating any person or thing before God are forms of idolatry. Here are a few ways to decide if you are an idolator.
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New Heart, New Spirit, New Life
“And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh” (Ezekiel 36:26).
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Ascension, Visitation, Pentecost: A Pro-Life Perspective
This article is based on a homily I shared yesterday at my church’s monthly Liturgy for the Preborn outside Planned Parenthood in Hempstead, NY. Since the feasts of Ascension, Visitation, and Pentecost were occurring close together, it provided an opportunity to reflect on how these three events in the life of Christ and the Church…
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Taste, See, and Sing! Loving and Craving God’s Word
God gives us His law, precepts, rules, and commandments, to show us how to live. He offers His promises. He gives us His testimonies, which prove that He is faithful and able to fulfill those promises. Do I read the Bible out of love, eagerness, or obligation?
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The Spirit of Truth in the Life of the Believer
The Holy Spirit will speak to us as a reflection of His nature. He is the Spirit of Truth (John 14:16–17; 16:13). This is who He is. His very essence is truth. God’s Word is true because the Spirit of Truth inspired it and illuminates it to us.
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The Spirit of Truth and Scripture Memorization
The Holy Spirit brings the teachings of Jesus to a disciple’s memory. Meditating on and memorizing Scripture will help us recognize God’s Word when we need it.
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The Spirit of Truth and the Necessity of Scripture
We cannot know God’s will without the Bible. We also cannot know it without the wisdom that the Holy Spirit gives. The two go hand in hand. We must rely on the Holy Spirit for wisdom, but He will use the Bible to impart wisdom to us, and He expects us to use the Bible…
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