God Will Heal My Faithlessness

By Tyler Kenney:

Despite eight years of new life in Christ, my poor, guilty soul still becomes overwhelmingly anxious at times. A dark cloud comes and just sits over my head, not letting any hope from God’s promises or past faithfulness get through and restore my joy.

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So when this unhappy lack of sturdy joy leads me to pray (which it always does, and I thank God!), I don’t want to pray primarily for my circumstances to change. I want to pray first for my unbelieving heart to change.

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Is Being Open-Minded a Good Thing?

By Burk Parsons.

Once our minds are open to open-mindedness, all ideas, no matter how absurd, can come and go as they please — with our sanction. We thus become headless and brainless philosophers who just want to get along.

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(A mainline denomination church across the street has this on their signboard: “All are welcome. Open hearts, open arms, open minds.”)