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  • Does God Scare You? He Shouldn’t.
    Posted on Thursday, January 25th, 2024 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: 1 John 1:9, Carol McClain, Col 1:13-14, definition fear of the Lord, God erased our sins with his death and resurrection, God forgives us, Micah 7:19, Ps 103:12, Strong's #3374, the fear of the Lord, Writing Redemption

    @carol_mcclain I used to be scared of God. Scared. Yep. Not the healthy fear of God. Having been raised in a certain Christian faith where God was scary and unforgiving when I became a Christian (the born-again kind), God once more became the God of my former faith. Everything I did had consequences- not for good …[ read more ]

  • You Are Who You Need To Be:Comparisons Always Fail You
    Posted on Monday, August 29th, 2022 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, 1 John 1:9, 1 John 3: 1-2, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Bathsheba, carolmcclain.com, Ephesians 4:1, Jeremiah 1:5, Rahab, Romans 8, Ruth, Tamar, Writing Redemption

    @carol_mcclai n Over the past few months, we’ve looked at four mighty women in Jesus’s genealogy. All lived sinful or abused or despised lives. Despite their reputations and upbringing, each woman defied society’s definition of her life and left a legacy for Christ. Who are you? Tamar–Jacob believed she killed his sons. He deceived Tamar when …[ read more ]

  • House Cleaning and Sin: How We Justify Our Self-Hatred
    Posted on Monday, June 26th, 2017 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: 1 John 1:9, Carol McClain, character counts, How we justify our self-hatred, James 5:16-17, self-hatred, self-loathing, sin

    Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much. James 5:16 By Carol McClain:  @carol_mcclain We invited friends over to the house at the last minute. I looked over my home and knew I only had time for what I called …[ read more ]

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    • Christian–You Are Righteous, But Are You Merciful?

      Carol McClain Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. Matt. 5:7 Don Carson, a theologian and co-founder of Gospel Coalition, writes: “Mercy is a loving response prompted by the misery and helplessness of the one on which love is to be showered.” If I only knew then what I know now. I used to be able to point my fingers at others for not learning how to pull themselves out of the gutter. After all, I'd come from a rough and tumble upbringing where alcohol use (we were NOT drug addicts, thank you) was de rigueur. Poor and self-conscious… ...[ full story ]

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