Author: Krista Lyn White
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The Pilgrim’s Progress Will Make a Traveller of You
John Bunyan was a radical. Perhaps you might even call him a religious radical. And maybe some might call him a fanatic. Bunyan had no thought of hashtags or Twitter. He lived in the 17th century, a time when most book titles weren’t short enough to fit in a Tweet. His best-selling book, The Pilgrim’s Progress…
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Beginnings
Beginnings Are better than… Endings Breakups Failures Defeats Heartache If you never begin, you will never suffer. But if you never begin, you will never live. You will never know… Victory Joy Love Hope realized Satisfaction of a long journey finished Life is beginnings and risking suffering and suffering risks. Begin.
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Assumptions Aren’t the Truth
Assumptions aren’t the truth. But we rely on them all the time. Most normal, everyday communication is built on assumptions whether verbal or nonverbal, electronic or live. Assumptions carry our communications and make them quicker and usually more efficient. When a friend sends a text that reads: “Thanks for being a good fiend!” You don’t pause to…
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Bonhoeffer and the Holier Angel
Dietrich Bonhoeffer made mistakes, but he understood the value of grace and repentance. When Hitler began to demand allegiance from pastors in Germany, Bonhoeffer fled to the United States. Not long after his arrival, he realized his wrong decision and returned to Germany to participate in efforts to overthrow the evils of Nazism. Six years later, Bonhoeffer was…
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Spend Time with a Masterpiece
Spend time with a masterpiece and you’ll discover something inescapable: You’re made for Heaven. Spend time with a masterpiece and this truth might feel like hope. Spend time with a masterpiece and you might have a sense that something here is true, that something here is right, that justice and real love are possible. It’s…
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The Busloads to Hell
Whether in the mind or the heart or in reality, hell is not a place that anyone wants to be. But people go there. By the busloads. Every moment. And no one, not even God, is sending them to hell. Hell is “the greatest monument to human freedom,” C.S. Lewis says. The occupants of hell…