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  • Want the Kingdom of Heaven?
    Posted on Wednesday, October 15th, 2025 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, beatitudes, Carol McClain, Exodus 20: 21, Kingdom of Heaven; how to find the kingdom of heaven; why do the poor in spirit find the kingdom of heaven, Matthew 5: 3, poor in spirit, Writing Redemption

    Carol McClain Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5: 3 My Christian brother convinced my sister and me to go to church with him when my grandmother died. After all, death is one time non-believers believe they should go to church. For me, that day turned my …[ read more ]

  • Cultural Identity Applies to Christians Too
    Posted on Monday, October 6th, 2025 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: Carol McClain, cultural identity, discrimination against Christians, don't hide your light under a bowl, indigenous concepts, is 5:20, matt 5: 14-16, Writing Redemption

    by Carol McClain You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.  In the same way, let your light shine …[ read more ]

  • How to Awaken Amazement
    Posted on Monday, January 13th, 2025 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: Benefits of Living for today, Carol McClain, Clyde Kilby, Ecclesiastes 3: 4-5, how to live life with amazement, John Piper, joy in sorrow, Matt 6:34, Writing Redemption

      “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble” Matt. 6:34, ESV. Life is hard. If you look around, there’s not a thing created that hasn’t been worn down by this earth. Rocks erode, bugs eat plants–find a tree without leaves …[ read more ]

  • How To Find God: Give Up
    Posted on Thursday, June 27th, 2024 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: Carol McClain, Epistle to the Ephesians 2:8-9, Grace, Mark 10: 17-27, Matthew 19: 16-22, saved by grace, Writing Redemption

    @carol_mcclain I heard a strange application about the rich young ruler last Sunday. The gist of the message: find God–give up. Yep. You read that right. Give up. To refresh your memory, Jesus encountered a rich, young ruler who asked what he needed to do to be saved. Jesus said, “… go and sell all you …[ read more ]

  • How to be Happy
    Posted on Tuesday, June 11th, 2024 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: 10 benefits to gratitude journaling, 5 ways to regain gratitude, American gratitude, be specific and gratitude increases, Carol McClain, gratitude, James 1:17, journaling, Matthew 7:7, Philippians 4:8, Tangled Lives, Treasured Lives series, Writing Redemption

    “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change” James 1:17. Last week, I wrote about the joy you will find by keeping a gratitude journal. My friend challenged me to find 1000 different things to …[ 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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