New Identity Magazine

COUNTER CULTURE: WEALTH

Matthew Hamilton — Sun, 26 May 2013 22:42:53 +0000

When one is contemplating a relationship with Jesus Christ, there are many questions to consider. How will my friends and family react? How will it change my daily life and all its responsibilities? Are there things that I should be giving up or doing differently? It’s important to know that each person’s experience in getting to know God is as unique as the individual. The one thing that stays…

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PEOPLE PLEASING

Sally Blotzer — Sun, 19 May 2013 22:37:31 +0000

Imagine with me for a minute…I know, we are all mature adults here, but humor me, please? Imagine with me a first date. You are raiding your closet one, two, three times, in hopes of something magically appearing the next time you check…Like the shopping elf dropped a present into your wardrobe in the amount of time it took you to close and open your closet door. You settle with an outfit…

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A TESTIMONY OF LOVE

Sarah Donawerth — Thu, 16 May 2013 16:11:27 +0000

Photo Credit: dhammza @ Flickr (Creative Commons) Esther’s testimony actually begins with the work of her great-great-grandfather. He was a servant to English missionaries in India at the beginning of the movement for Indian self-rule. The missionaries soon decided to relocate to South Africa and they took Esther’s great-great-grandfather with them. When the missionaries finally returned to…

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WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO STORE TREASURES IN HEAVEN?

Kelli Ward — Mon, 13 May 2013 18:11:00 +0000

Photo Credit: Luis Hernandez – D2k6.es @ Flickr (CC) If you’re in credit card debt, please raise your hand… I am right along there with you. When I look at my credit card spending report and see the things that I bought, I always regret making such purchases that have only added to my debt and not to the benefit of my life. Things that I had to have right then: a cashmere sweater…

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DISCIPLINE & THE BIBLE

Eric Lee — Mon, 06 May 2013 19:16:51 +0000

Photo Credit: Paolo Signorini @ Flickr (CC) In a poll taken on ChristiNet.com, the largest Christian portal, 85% of those believed it was in their rights to spank their children. Most quoted the “spare the rod, spoil the child” (Proverbs 13:24) verse as support for their stance. Many of those also said that spanking is okay “as long as it is done in moderation and without anger.

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RIGHTEOUS

Ramon Mayo — Tue, 07 May 2013 02:10:09 +0000

Righteous is a word you don’t really hear anymore. It sounds very archaic and conjures up images of a Puritan in stockings and a wig. To others it reminds them of outdated slang flowing from the mouth of a long haired hippie in the Haight Ashbury area of San Francisco in the late 1960’s. The word makes us think of someone who is goody two shoes and anal at best. The reason why this word provokes…

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SHOULD WE QUESTION GOD?

Delbert Teachout — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:08:45 +0000

Photo Credit: Sean McCabe We may have heard that we should not question God because questioning may cause our faith to weaken. I have heard someone say we should never end a prayer with words something like, “If it be your will,” because those words imply we don’t believe we will get what we ask. As new believers what do we do with these kinds of ideas? Should we believe everything we hear?

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HEART FOR AFRICA

Nicholas Sowell — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:12:42 +0000

Photo Credit: localsurfer @ Flickr (CC) When I was sixteen years old, I felt God speak my destiny over my life in which I knew God wanted me to serve him and be a voice to the church. I knew for the first time, beyond the shadow of a doubt, what I was truly meant to do. I thought to myself, “I want to be a pastor, yeah! That’s what I’m called to do.” Let me preface this with explaining so you…

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THE 3RD COMMANDMENT

Erica Mongé-Greer — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:11:38 +0000

Photo Credit: white ribbons @ Flickr (CC) The first three commandments in Exodus 20 set the stage for the latter seven. The first three commandments communicate expectations for how God should be treated and the following commandments (covered in earlier articles) establish expectations for how people should treat one another. This series has looked closely at the commandments in Exodus 20…

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THE TRINITY

Nathan Rutan — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 01:42:12 +0000

If you’re anything like me, when you hear the word “Trinity” you probably can’t help imagining the opening scene from the Matrix (1999) when actress Carrie-Ann Moss a.k.a. “Trinity” dodges agent Smith in a physics-defying scene, leaping between rooftops, flying through the air like a missile and then disappearing in a phone booth just as it’s being smashed by a dump truck. Of course, if you haven’…

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