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CF has always been a site that welcomes people from different backgrounds and beliefs to participate in discussion and even debate. That is the nature of its ministry. In view of recent events emotions are running very high. We need to remind people of some basic principles in debating on this site. We need to be civil when we express differences in opinion. No personal attacks. Avoid you, your statements. Don't characterize an entire political party with comparisons to Fascism or Communism or other extreme movements that committed atrocities. CF is not the place for broad brush or blanket statements about groups and political parties. Put the broad brushes and blankets away when you come to CF, better yet, put them in the incinerator. Debate had no place for them. We need to remember that people that commit acts of violence represent themselves or a small extreme faction.
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Wondering about Mary and the KingdomGod begins with what seems tiny or hidden, and that small start grows into His full purpose. -
Walking in ObedienceThank you so much for sharing this part of your testimony. It is hard when we see those we love bound by the chains of sin, and it does take God... -
Walking in ObedienceWhat a wonderful post. I have a friend who got into drugs pretty bad. He didn't really care about "Yielding Himself" a servant to obey God, and...
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If They Say, "Come With Us"SJL, Thank you for your time in response. Mine was not a wolf in sheep's clothing but my own father, who knew the real Truth. Yet, I am still...
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Revelation 21:21-23
21 The twelve gates were twelve pearls,
each gate made of a single pearl. The
great street of the city was of pure gold,
like transparent glass.
22 I did not see a temple in the city,
because the Lord God Almighty and the
Lamb are its temple.
23 The city does not need the sun...
When Christ receives us to himself,
above green pastures and mountain elm,
where snowbound peaks are specks, starlights,
the Bride, prepared, bejeweled, shall shine.
Her fervent hope, by Abba arranged,
shall be fulfilled when trumpets blaze,
and she is taken quicker than sight
makes comprehend...
Matthew 26:31-34
31 Then Jesus told them, "This very night
you will all fall away on account of me,
for it is written: " 'I will strike the
shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will
be scattered.'
32 But after I have risen, I will go ahead
of you into Galilee."
33 Peter replied, "Even if all...
“Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds. They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart. They have become callous...
And behold, a man came up to him, saying, “Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?” And he said to him, “Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. If you would enter life, keep the commandments.” He said to him, “Which ones?” And Jesus said, “You shall...
The temporary structures, made much like the previous ones, were still used a few nights, while those first permanent structures were being built up. They were intended to be homes shared, until more permanent structures would be built after those first four.
During this time, a large owl came...
From 1 Timothy 1:6-7
5 The goal of this command is love,
which comes from a pure heart and a
good conscience and a sincere faith.
6 Some have wandered away from these
and turned to meaningless talk.
Sometimes, in tomes of seeking minds
we find how far the erudite
can stray from love, that life...
Few of us expect the news to be fair as most journalists are left leaning and even Fox sometimes is guilty of titillating its readers with conservative views that are off base. Such errors and omissions in political stories are not what I am talking about here. Instead, a historical focus on how...
Mankind since birth has been taught to view everything from the viewpoint of man. It then would be our natural inclination to do so also in viewing God. We instead must first remove the scales and see God and especially God's word through the eyes of God and not the eyes of man. We mustn't make...
“Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it.” (1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 ESV)
One of the dangers of teaching on such small...
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting...
Doorways
Ever since I was a child I have always loved doorways. They represent mystery, a different world that perhaps could be explored. It is like a package that is wrapped and just waiting to be opened; a gift.
We have some pretty large doorways here in the Monastery. Slowly we are having...
Praying with Mary
My soul magnifies the Lord
And my spirit rejoices in God my Savior;
Because He has regarded the lowliness of His handmaid.
I was talking with a wonderful guest we had here for a retreat last week. We talked about many things and one of the subjects she brought up was the...
Those people there who did not want the small creatures in an ear to understand much more communication that could be from others encountered were not sorry that those were not available anymore. But the giant percher assured those who were understanding that creature that they would understand...
“And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets— who through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword...