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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 ]
God Says, You Are Beautiful and Flawless
Posted on Monday, November 12th, 2018 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: . You are beautiful and flawless, @carol_mcclain, Col. 23, faith, no flaw, Song 4:7, Song of Solomon 4:7, works, Writing Redemption
By: Carol McClain carol_mcclain If you’re like me, you despise: The correction Martha got from Jesus when she bruised her bony fingers making sure everything looked and tasted wonderful for her guests. Colossians 3:23-24 because it sends you into a volunteering frenzy. “Whatever you do, work heartily…knowing that from the Lord you will receive the …[ read more ]

Sin Is Like a Rock
Carol McClain @carol_mcclain The elders in my daughter’s church handed out rocks. These weren’t pretty, soothing objects like worry rocks or quartz or painted ones with happy messages or water-smoothed pebbles. Each was large enough to hold but oddly shaped and rough. The pastor instructed us to hold the stone throughout the service. Being the obsessively dutiful woman I am, I held this rough, craggy rock. What a pain in the palm! Throughout worship and the lifting of hands, all during the sermon and flipping Bible pages, this unwieldy thing distracted me. I could hold it and could lift it or… ...[ full story ]

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