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Tagged: Matthew 7:7

What Is Sin?
Posted on Thursday, February 6th, 2020 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, Carol McClain, God loves you, God's love, How do know God Loves you, Jer. 31:3, Jeremiah 31:3, Jermemiah 29:11, John 3:16, Matthew 7:7, Ps. 34:8, Psalm 34:8, Rom. 5:3, Song 4:7, Suffering and God's Love, Writing Redemption
By Carol McClain @carol_mcclain Sin. Oh, our God is a big meany, you think. “Don’t do this. Don’t do that.” We can never do anything that’s fun. Sin proves God doesn’t love us. But what exactly is sin? Is it a list of do nots given willy-nilly by a capricious diety? No. When you consider sin, …[ read more ]
Suffering and God’s Love
Posted on Monday, December 30th, 2019 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, 1 Pe 5:10, 1 Peter 4:12-17, Carol McClain, God loves you, God's love, How do know God Loves you, Jer. 31:3, Jeremiah 31:3, John 3:16, Matthew 7:7, Ps. 34:8, Psalm 34:8, Rom. 5:3, Suffering and God's Love, Writing Redemption
By Carol McClain @carol_mcclain God’s love surrounds us when blessings flow like glitter at a party. No one would be naive, though, to believe if we love and serve God we would never suffer. We need only look at our lives and realize it exists. How do we know God loves us even when we suffer? …[ read more ]

The Purpose of Suffering
Carol McClain I love stained glass. Whenever I post a picture, swarms of friends beg for lessons. They never count the cost. How to make stained glass: Choose the glass. The process begins with a nice, but uninteresting, unrefined product. Take a sharp blade. Cut and break the glass according to the pattern. Be sure to have bandaids on hand. You will cut yourself. Grind the glass. No matter how careful you are, the piece won't fit perfectly, so you need to grind. Again, keep the bandaids on hand. Wash the glass. Foil the glass. Before you foil, you may… ...[ full story ]

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