firstoftheweek – THE CS COLUMN

Goodness is…

Goodness is the only investment that never fails. ~Henry David Thoreau

Q&A: Predeterminism, Asking for Forgiveness, and Habitual Sin – Christian Research Institute

Hank From the Christian Research Institute answers the following questions: I’m an atheist; can you address the Christian understanding of predeterminism and human freedom? Must Christians still confess their sins and ask for forgiveness? I am a new Christian; how many examples are there in the Bible of those struggling with habitual sin? Listen Here

Her secret…

in Human Struggle, quotes, Reflections

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience. Ralph Waldo Emerson

You can only become truly accomplished …

in quotes, Reflections

You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead, pursue the things you love doing, and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off you. ~Maya Angelou

The Almighty…

in poetry, Reflections

Why do I cower so much in the night And depend on my failing wisdom and might? My enemies may be too strong for me, But my God is the powerful One, the Almighty. I will cry out to Him when danger draws near. I will call on His name when my heart beats in…

That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us…

in Notes

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law could not do, in that it…