Christian Life

Articles that deal with important issues on the Christian life.

Wise Decision Making

By Rev Brian Abshire on May 12th, 2008

Well, we certainly do not want to be like the fool; hopefully by now, not only are the benefits of wisdom, and the disaster of folly, evident, but also we are now committed to gaining wisdom in every area of your life. We have already talked about how to …

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Rant: Jesus Ain’t Your Bud!

By Rev Brian Abshire on May 11th, 2008

Over the last thirty years since being brought to faith in Christ, I have always been taught (and made a fundamental presupposition of my own teaching) that true, Biblical Christianity is at its heart, relational in orientation. The summary of the Moral Law that Jesus Himself affirmed is to …

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Dealing With Loneliness

By Rev Brian Abshire on May 11th, 2008

Sometimes, for some people, the problem is not such restoring a ruined relationship as it is developing one in the first place! When they look at their life, and the people who are (or are not) in it, they feel isolated, unimportant, unloved and lonely. All of us have …

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Winning Arguments and Losing Friends

By Rev Brian Abshire on May 10th, 2008

Proverbs on Resolving Conflicts
Let us be honest; it does not always take two to break a relationship. Sometimes, no matter how committed we may be to loving another, some people are just hard to get along with. At other times, we may well find ourselves sincerely on …

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When Its Time to Say “Good-Bye” to a Relationship

By Rev Brian Abshire on May 10th, 2008

The goal of this book, encapsulated in the title, is to “restore” Christian relationships. But does there come a time, when despite having followed all the principles, that one has to say, “Enough is enough?” Are there some relationships that CANNOT be restored?
The answer of course depends upon what …

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Confessions of a Recovering Evanjellyfish

By Rev Brian Abshire on May 10th, 2008

Hello, my name is Brian and I am an Evanjellyfish. Yes, that’s right, though I have been reformed now for 15 years, I still have to live life one day at a time lest I fall back into my gutless, spineless, old ways. My story is not all that unusual; like most …

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Disposable Relationships

By Rev Brian Abshire on May 10th, 2008

I’m offended that you’re offended that I’m offended!
Relationships in our modern world are often fragile things. Partially due to the sociological influence of pluralization, Americans today often see their relationships as disposable. Pluralization refers to the consequences of there being a “plurality” or options; as the number of options …

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Faithful Martyr or Evangelical Weenie?

By Rev Brian Abshire on May 10th, 2008

A Practical Guide to Handling Persecution, Suffering and Adversity
Introduction
I think every school has one. You know the kind of kid I am talking about. Perhaps he was an only child, or maybe he was sick as a baby or somebody dropped the poor thing on his head or something. Whatever the reason, his parents were …

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