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Tag: character-development
Small Enough To Make You Fall
Don't ask me how it got there, but all I know was that I found a clothespin on the dining table. But there was something different about this clothespin. It couldn't stand on its own like most normal clothespins. But then I saw why: As you can see in the above picture, there's a little… Continue reading Small Enough To Make You Fall
What Is Holiness?
In 1 Peter 1:15-16, we read something that, at first, is a little hard to swallow: but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.”(1 Peter 1:15-16) Hmmm....based on this text, God is calling us to be holy--because… Continue reading What Is Holiness?
Purified By Pain
Proverbs 20:30 contains a very interesting passage: Blows that hurt cleanse away evil, As do stripes the inner depths of the heart. As Seventh-Day Adventist Christian teens, what does this verse mean for us? How does this apply to our 21st century lives? Matthew Henry, a Nonconformist minister, had some up-front commentary on this verse:… Continue reading Purified By Pain
Because of the Rain…
We've been getting a lot of rain over here in California. Because of the rain, things got inconvenient for me and my family; grocery shopping became difficult, our normal exercise routine was disrupted, and even things as simple as going to church was quite a hardship! Thankfully, now the rain is all gone. It's still… Continue reading Because of the Rain…