16 results for tag: fear
November 2023
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60 Years Later... If JFK Could Talk – pg. 1
The Love of Thanksgiving – pg. 2
Should We Fear God? – pg. 5
A Sickness Unto Death – pg. 7
Quotes & Connections – pg. 8
Fear or Faith
In the midst of the storms we face in our lives we often ask, "Where is God?" And just like the fearful disciples on the stormy sea we ask, "Why is he sleeping?" Join us as we look at the contrasts between fear and faith.
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Worries and Fears – by Greg Albrecht
Worry is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained. – Arthur Somers Roche A study conducted about why people worry revealed:
40% of the things people worry about never happen.
30% of the things people worry about already happened.
12% of the things people worry about concern their health.
10% of the topics that people worry about are somewhat trivial.
8% of the worries that people have are legitimate.
One man summed up his philosophy of worry like this:
“I only worry about two things. The two worries I have right now are ...
January 2023
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Articles:
Nothing But Jesus – pg. 1
A New Beginning – pg. 2
Loving Doctrine More Than People? – pg. 5
Savannah Bananas – pg. 7
Quotes & Connections – pg. 8
Out of the Tribulation Closet – by Laura Urista
When our world seems to be spinning out of control, when fear and panic spread like wildfires, we cling desperately to tangible things that give us a sense of security.
At such times, many hoard emergency supplies, attempting to gain control over their own circumstances.
“Out of the Tribulation Closet” by CWRm and Plain Truth managing editor, Laura Urista, offers an encouraging perspective on fear and anxiety. We share this article from our April 2020 CWRm to help readers focus on the eternal security found only in our one True Provider and Healer.
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Focus on Christ – Not on Fear – by Greg Albrecht
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself— nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance" (Franklin Delano Roosevelt, first inaugural address, March 4, 1933).
Weltschmerz—a German word meaning world-pain or world-weariness is used to describe mental depression or apathy caused by comparison of the actual state of the world with an ideal state. Based on the anxiety and concern contained in reports and letters we receive from those we serve, as well as a general condition of weltschmerz in our society, there is no doubt that fear, worry, stress and tension are wreaking ...
Do Not Be Afraid – Greg Albrecht
The time and culture of Jesus' birth was not unlike the world in which we live today. For that matter, it was just like any generation or era in history. The specific people, land and culture to which Jesus came was a world permeated with fear at almost every level. The Jews were an occupied people. They suffered under grinding poverty and heavy taxation. There was a huge gap between the rich and the poor. Life expectancy, particularly among the poor, is estimated to have been in the mid-30s to early-40s. Fear is a part of what it means to be human. It's a common and normal emotional reaction.
• We have fears that we will live so long that ...
Do Not Be Afraid
The time and culture of Jesus' birth was not unlike the world in which we live today. For that matter, it was just like any generation or era in history. The specific people, land and culture to which Jesus came was a world permeated with fear at almost every level. The Jews were an occupied people. They suffered under grinding poverty and heavy taxation. There was a huge gap between the rich and the poor. Life expectancy, particularly among the poor, is estimated to have been in the mid-30s to early-40s. Fear is a part of what it means to be human. It's a common and normal emotional reaction.
• We have fears that we will live so long that ...
January 2021
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Learning Pandemic Lessons – pg. 1
Here Comes the Dreamer – pg. 2
I Must Confess – pg. 5
My Sister Claretha – pg. 7
Quotes & Connections – pg. 8
November 2020
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Like Wool on Sheep – pg. 1
Descending to Serve – pg. 2
Thanksgiving for Everyone – pg. 5
Scaredy Pants – pg. 7
Quotes & Connections – pg. 8
Will You Get Enough Right Answers? Greg Albrecht
Will You Get Enough Right Answers?
My driver’s license is expiring in a few weeks. In the past, my license expired every five years and the state of California automatically renewed it and sent me a new one in the mail. But now, knowing I have passed the exalted age of 70, and apparently completely oblivious of the legal implications of age discrimination, the good people of California have determined that I and other old codgers like me must have my vision and knowledge tested to see if we are worthy of sharing the road with all the careful, cautious and patient younger drivers we encounter every day.
I made an appointment and showed ...
April 2020
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Brad Jersak: The Finished Work– pg. 3
Jim Fowler: Did Jesus Die for All?– pg. 7
Greg Albrecht: Is Paris Burning? Retrospective – pg. 8
Laura Urista: Out of the Tribulation Closet – pg. 10
Irene Frances: Fear Not! – pg. 13
Greg Albrecht: Is the Bible Infallible? -pg. 15
The Accuser (or, “Holiness and Dread”) – Michael Frack
There is an idea currently extremely popular among the spiritual elite of my generation—an idea which is neither spiritual nor elite, but rather unspiritual and elitist. It is the carnal passion for mere dread of a “God” whose lust for physical suffering evokes this emotion of dread as, above all things, the only proper response to the deity’s intense hatred of the human race—or at least, of most of it. Those few whom he has chosen to save, he has only chosen to save because he cannot see them—he has thrown the Blood of Christ over them like a paper bag with holes punched out for breathing, but covering everything else. But if that ...
February 2017
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Greg Albrecht: How Great is the Love? – pg. 1
Cindy Brandt: Outgrowing the Christian Bubble – pg. 5
Rob Grayson: Fear God... Or Fear Not? – pg. 7
Greg Albrecht: "I feel like I never do anything right!" – pg. 9
Jeff K. Clarke: This World IS My Home and I am NOT Just Passing Through! – pg. 10
Josh Valley: Being Cross-shaped in a World Bent out of Shape – pg. 13
Brad Jersak: Ghouls, Ghosts... and Gospel! – pg. 15
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