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  • Marriage, Moving and Salvation–A Parable
    Posted on Monday, May 29th, 2017 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: Carol McClain, character counts, Col. 1:13, marriage, moving and salvation--a parable

    For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves. Col. 1:13 By: Carol McClain  @carol_mcclain For twenty years, I parented alone. No man visited the church I dedicated myself to, and I wasn’t going to search among the unsaved for love or a father-figure …[ read more ]

  • Horizontal Repentance: 3 Signs of Worldly Grief
    Posted on Monday, May 15th, 2017 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: 3 Signs of worldly grief, Carol McClain, character counts, forgiveness, Horizontal repentance

    Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death. 2 Cor. 7:10   By: Carol McClain  @carol_mcclain New York State has annual regents exams . Like all tests, they have strict guidelines. If a student asks directions on how to answer, teachers were instructed to say, “Read the question and do your best.” One question …[ read more ]

  • Strawberries and Religious Works: Three Ways Works Deceive Us
    Posted on Monday, May 8th, 2017 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: Carol McClain, character counts, knowing God., Prov. 31: 30. Strawberries and Religious Works, relationship with God, Three ways works deceive us

    Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, but the (person) who fears the Lord is to be praised. Proverbs 31:30   By: Carol McClain  @carol_mcclain I sliced into a strawberry. The red fruit was large and perfectly formed. It lay in a container with other berries identical to it. My mouth watered with the promise of …[ read more ]

  • Proof of Christianity: Chronic Repentance
    Posted on Monday, May 1st, 2017 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: Carol McClain, character counts, Eph. 2: 8-9, proof of Christianity, repentance

     For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;  not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. Eph. 2:8-9 By: Carol McClain  @carol_mcclain Newly divorced with a young child, I started life over again in Malone, a tiny town in Northern New York. Here I met some lovely …[ read more ]

  • Religion and Potatoes: Six Differences Between Religion and Faith
    Posted on Monday, April 24th, 2017 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: Carol McClain, character counts, faith, faith/works, Mark 7:15, religion, spirituality

    There is nothing outside the man which can defile him if it goes into him; but the things which proceed out of the man are what defile the man. Mark 7:15   By: Carol McClain  @carol_mcclain Neil, bless his heart, loves potatoes. Yuck. No meal is complete without the spuds. Have I said yuck, yet? Every …[ read more ]

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        @carol_mcclain "Don't be drunk with wine, be filled with the Spirit!" 1 Cor.5:18 According to John Piper, how do we get drunk with wine? We drink it. Lots of it. So how do we get drunk with the Holy Spirit? Immerse yourself in God. Drink in lots of Him. Read your Scriptures. Pray. Sing Psalms and hymns and contemporary Christian music. Listen to edifying Christian stations. Avoid our entertainment that celebrates sinful behavior--alcohol, sex, foul language. Hang out with practicing, like-minded Christians. Go to church. Take notes on the sermon. Look around this world and see the glory God… ...[ full story ]

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