New Identity Magazine

Music Christians Make

Christopher L. Scott — Tue, 03 Aug 2021 21:41:51 +0000

While living in California, my wife and I enjoyed attending the concert of my cousin Rachel who was a classical musical director at a church in Sacramento. On Christmas we sat in the audience of several hundred people and eagerly anticipated the evening. The musicians came out first and each sat in a designated seat with an instrument in hand and a musical score on a stand in front of them.

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Feedback

Nicholas Sowell — Tue, 03 Aug 2021 21:38:02 +0000

We’ve all experienced giving and receiving feedback in just about every way possible, from the mean and hurtful to the complimentary and life-giving. But despite the wide sweeping spectrum we’ve received feedback on in its many forms, part of our biggest means to find growth will lie in the importance and value we place on it. Let’s start with what scripture has to say: (Proverbs 15:31) “If you…

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In Defense of Leviticus

Jeffery Porter — Tue, 03 Aug 2021 21:32:13 +0000

I wonder how many people have tried to read through the Bible cover to cover, from Genesis to Revelation, only to be thwarted by Leviticus. It happened to me. When I was in high school my senior pastor mentioned that he read three chapters of the Bible every day, which meant that he made it chronologically through the Bible every year. It sounded easy enough. So I gave it a try.

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Tenants of the Tenet

Steve Limkeman — Tue, 03 Aug 2021 21:29:09 +0000

“Mine.” “No, mine.” “NO, MINE!” If you’re chuckling and shaking your head right now, it’s because you’ve spent some time around small children lately. I have two of my own, ages 2 and 4, so the conflict is very real, very personal and always lurking in the background of what is mostly a cute and loving sibling relationship. There’s something especially threatening about someone…

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