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  • Sin and the Stockholm Syndrome
    Posted on Monday, August 5th, 2019 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, Bible, Carol McClain, Galatians 5:1, Matthew 6:24, Patty Hearst, sin, society, Stockholm syndrome, Writing Redemption

    Carol McClain  carol_mcclain On Feb. 1974, the Symbionese Liberation Army kidnapped heiress Patty Hearst. Two months later, authorities caught her robbing the Hibernia Bank in San Francisco with her captors. How did a young woman with no history of protests or rebellion, one who came from an affluent, conservative family suddenly become a bank robber?   A …[ read more ]

  • How to Study the Bible
    Posted on Monday, December 17th, 2018 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, 1 Samuel 25:22, Bible, direction, How to Study the Bible, Romans 10:17, studying the Bible, Writing Redemption

    By: Carol McClain           carol_mcclain “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God” Romans 10:17.   In everything, the Bible supplies us direction. Hardly a post goes by on this blog where I don’t refer to Scripture. I know from experience, my hope and my peace come from the word of God. However, the question you …[ read more ]

  • Biblical Divorce–Three Reasons: Adultery, Abandonment and Neglect
    Posted on Saturday, November 1st, 2014 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: Bible, Christianity, divorce

    The Gutenberg Bible displayed by the United States Library of Congress, demonstrating printed pages as a storage medium. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Divorce is not the unpardonable sin. Despite the fact that divorce can be forgiven and remarriage can ensue, it is never to be taken lightly. If you love your spouse, but are not “in …[ 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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