The purpose behind this question is straightforward: “Is it okay to tell your child a lie?” A reader asked me that direct question. He was using Santa as a case study, not leaving me any wiggle room. I love practical questions. They challenge me to think through how I live out my faith.
How would you answer the question? I’m not asking what you did with your children or how it turned out, but is it right to lie, using Santa as your case study. I made my case to him, and hope it stirs conversation for transformation with you all. https://lifeovercoffee.com/the-santa-claus-question-what-do-i-tell-my-children/
The shocking and inspiring story of Sophie Ottaway.
Watch the full interview here: https://lifeovercoffee.com/podcast/ep-490-sophie-ottaway-engineered-at-birth-to-be-a-girl/
Focus on the Cause, not the Effect, so you can remove the cause and not be affected by the effect.
A local church’s worship value is not primarily about the music but the lifestyle because you never ask, “Are you worshiping?” The reason is that we worship all the time. God made us for worship—wired us for worship, you could say.
Worship is part of what it means to be image-bearers. Who could do otherwise? The better question is, “What or whom do we worship?” https://lifeovercoffee.com/three-characteristics-of-a-fantastic-local-church/
Whenever a person chooses sinful anger, he is, in effect, giving the other person control over him. It’s counterintuitive. In his anger, he is like a marionette, a puppet on a string.
Anger toward someone is the total submission of their thoughts, attitudes, emotions, and behaviors to the other person. It is not self-control, as governed by the Spirit of God, but someone out of control or under the control of another spirit. https://lifeovercoffee.com/podcast/ep-110-help-for-the-angry-person/
