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FREEDOM FROM SUBJECTIVITY
By Nancy Rempel Off Course The skydiver dangled four feet above the ground, her parachute wrapped around the power lines above. Nearby, a second skydiver narrowly missed a mailbox, landing in someone’s backyard. High winds dragged a third jumper and her canopy through a liquid manure-soaked field. This story is a composite of bad landing…
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Don’t Just Count Miracles
Arguments concerning cessationism vs. continuationism By Annette Halsey Recently I was part of a Bible study where a question was asked about Biblical passages touching on miraculous gifts, specifically Biblical passages about cessationism (i.e., that Christians today no longer exercise the miraculous spiritual gifts) or continuationism (that Christians today do still exercise the miraculous spiritual…
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The Freedom of Submission
By Nancy Rempel On July 2nd, 1863, Union Colonel Colvill raised his sword above his head, the initials “U.S.” clearly etched on the blade, and belted out the order to fix bayonets. Out-manned, Colvill’s 1st Minnesota Regiment of 262 men galloped downhill in a daring counterattack against 1200 Confederate soldiers of the Alabama Brigade. Their…
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From Doubt to Assurance: A Free Grace Testimony
By Tiffany Brown Childhood Confusion “If you don’t do/feel such and such, or if you can’t recall a time that you gave your life to Jesus, then you might not be saved.” I can’t count the number of times I’ve heard this line or some iteration of it from the pulpit. I spent my childhood…
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Freedom through Anxiety
By Nancy Rempel Our city, Kelowna, rests on either side of Okanagan Lake, connected by the longest floating bridge in Canada. About 50,000 cars pass over this bridge every day. Nobody parks on it. It is a way to get from one side to the other. Anxiety is like that. A way to get from…
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Existential OCD: Mental Illness or a Cry for God?
By Micaela Manley Introduction Humans have always wrestled with questions of meaning, purpose, and existence—but for some, these thoughts become overwhelming and inescapable. For these individuals, clinicians have often applied the label of Existential OCD, a subtype of obsessive-compulsive disorder that centers on intrusive philosophical or spiritual questions. Although the majority of the population has…
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The Freedom of Weakness
By Nancy Rempel Introduction In the Disney movie The Lion King, lion cub Simba, in disobedience to his father, King Mufasa, goes to the elephant graveyard with his lion cub girlfriend, Nala. Bloodthirsty hyenas ambush the cubs, intent on having them for dinner. Simba enrages the hyenas, scratching one on the cheek, and the chase…
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“A Great Awakening” Movie
A Review By Megan Stopera Introduction Our family recently had the opportunity to watch the movie “A Great Awakening” made by Sight & Sound Films. The movie was full of positive elements and was an encouragement and a pleasure to watch. These are the pros and cons of the film for those interested in seeing…
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Freedom to Be Free
By Nancy Rempel Minutes after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport, on January 15, 2009, US Airways Flight 1549 collided with a flock of Canada geese. Both engines on the A320 jet shut down after the big birds were sucked into the turbofans. The 90,000 kg vehicle continued to climb for another 19 seconds, reaching an altitude…
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Murderers in the Kingdom?
A Free Grace Response to Abortion By Kathryn Wright Few verses have been used to instill fear and rob people of assurance more than Galatians 5:19–21. For a woman who’s had an abortion, hearing “murderers will not inherit the kingdom of God” can feel like a death sentence. But is that what Paul meant? Is…
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