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The Sting of Procrastination
By Sheilah Adkins The Bee Story When my son, James, was five years old, I was watering the flower bed under his window. I noticed a bee going into a hole at the base of the window sill. I thought, “That needs to be filled in before we have a problem.” Three days later my…
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Three Praises for the New Year
New Year’s Day, 2025 By Annette Halsey Once Again, It’s a New Year Because of the date, I have stopped to thank God for the blessings of the past year, and think about the future—and I am particularly struck by the cyclic nature of life, and the many opposites that bring challenges in different ways.…
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Simple Shepherds to Blessing Bearers
By Megan Stopera “Now there were in the same country, shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night.” Luke 2:8 NKJV It was a quiet, normal night in the open fields around Bethlehem. A few ordinary, brawny shepherds watched the pasture, scanning for predators and yawning from boredom. These men…
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Judgment & Faithfulness
Introduction In this installment, we continue our discussion of Free Grace issues in the Book of Isaiah. As we mentioned in the previous blogs, the book of Isaiah is a book of contrasts. It covers the dramatic events that took place in the lifetime of Isaiah as a result of the disobedience of Israel and…
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A Better Government
By Megan Stopera The Current Mess I’m writing this in October. I have no idea what will happen in the United States in November. We are facing what is being called the most important Presidential election in our history. Many people say that we have gone from simple politics to a battle between good and…
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Isaiah: The Prophet’s Call
Introduction In this installment of the study of Isaiah let us seek to answer several questions. Can you identify a believer by his or her fruits? Does Isaiah 6 describe Isaiah becoming a believer? In Isaiah 6:10, what does it mean that the people will be hardened (“dull,” “heavy”) when they hear God’s message? The…
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Embracing Faith Through Struggles
My Journey with Physical and Mental Health By Catherine Duff The Struggles For everyone in the world, 2020 was a struggle. There was not one person that wasn’t affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, including myself. But it wasn’t the virus that got me. My journey has been marred by many health issues that have tested…
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Beginning Isaiah–An Important Message
A Sad Outlook “Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth! For the LORD has spoken: ‘I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against Me; the ox knows its owner and the donkey its master’s crib; but Israel does not know, My people do not consider.’ Alas, sinful nation, a people…
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Flexible vs. Focused Free Grace
Why it matters, an OCD perspective Introduction What must I believe to be saved? While this question seems so innocently simple, it has caused much confusion throughout our churches. I first experienced this confusion, and the immense mental anguish that accompanies it, when I was new to Christianity and had just left New Age. As…
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Isaiah: A Tale of Two Cities
By Kathryn Wright Over the summer, Free Grace Women held a six-week Zoom study on the book of Isaiah. We were blessed with a fruitful time of fellowship and study with like-minded believers. Over the next few months, FGW will be using that study as a springboard to produce blogs, covering key passages in the…
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