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Lay Down Your Reputation: a fragment

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Carl Simmons

I was recently hanging out in a wildlife area of Colorado, where informative plaques abounded. One in particular caught my eye, highlighting families who’d owned ranches where this area now stood, in the late 19th/early 20th centuries. It got me … Continue reading →

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a fragment of Lay Down Your Pride

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Carl Simmons

I’ll keep this one short today, but expect I’ll be coming back to this theme—and this passage—repeatedly…. A couple of weeks back we looked at the idea of laying down our thought lives—how to be transformed by the renewing of … Continue reading →

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Obedience: a rough fragment for Good Friday

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Carl Simmons

I am becoming increasingly convinced, as I get older,  that God does not demand our obedience simply because it honors Him. That is, of course, a true and healthy reason to do it. And I wouldn’t even put up an … Continue reading →

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