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Lent is a 40 day period of spiritual renewal, beginning on Ash Wednesday and ending on Easter. If you don’t come from a liturgical church…]]> https://kencarlson.org/spiritual-life/why-you-should-observe-lent/feed/ 0 https://kencarlson.org/holidays/four-ways-that-jesus-is-like-santa-and-five-ways-that-he-is-not/ https://kencarlson.org/holidays/four-ways-that-jesus-is-like-santa-and-five-ways-that-he-is-not/#respond Thu, 05 Dec 2024 03:23:35 +0000 https://kencarlson.org/?p=2372

When I was growing up, we used to make “Christmas lists” of the toys we were hoping to receive for Christmas. I remember spending hours…]]> https://kencarlson.org/holidays/four-ways-that-jesus-is-like-santa-and-five-ways-that-he-is-not/feed/ 0 https://kencarlson.org/bible/five-things-jesus-did-not-say/ https://kencarlson.org/bible/five-things-jesus-did-not-say/#comments Sat, 20 Jan 2024 23:04:00 +0000 https://kencarlson.org/?p=2256

Recently I read  a post on social media listing Five Things Jesus Did Not Say. I thought that it provided a helpful contrast between some…]]> https://kencarlson.org/bible/five-things-jesus-did-not-say/feed/ 1 https://kencarlson.org/spiritual-life/how-to-hear-gods-voice/ https://kencarlson.org/spiritual-life/how-to-hear-gods-voice/#respond Fri, 12 Mar 2021 04:19:59 +0000 https://kencarlson.org/?p=2038

How do you react when someone says, “This morning the Lord told me…”? If you’re like most people, you’re skeptical. Dallas Willard calls this the…]]> https://kencarlson.org/spiritual-life/how-to-hear-gods-voice/feed/ 0 https://kencarlson.org/spiritual-life/what-should-we-ask-from-god-in-prayer/ https://kencarlson.org/spiritual-life/what-should-we-ask-from-god-in-prayer/#respond Sat, 06 Feb 2021 03:28:54 +0000 https://kencarlson.org/?p=2020

In my Bible reading today I was struck by this verse: Keep steady my steps according to your promise, and let no iniquity get dominion…]]> https://kencarlson.org/spiritual-life/what-should-we-ask-from-god-in-prayer/feed/ 0 https://kencarlson.org/spiritual-life/freedom-from-disordered-affections/ https://kencarlson.org/spiritual-life/freedom-from-disordered-affections/#respond Tue, 05 Jan 2021 01:31:26 +0000 https://kencarlson.org/?p=1995

When you clean up your house, you need to throw some things away. For many of us, our garage is the most cluttered part of…]]> https://kencarlson.org/spiritual-life/freedom-from-disordered-affections/feed/ 0 https://kencarlson.org/spiritual-life/how-to-cultivate-a-healthy-heart/ https://kencarlson.org/spiritual-life/how-to-cultivate-a-healthy-heart/#respond Fri, 11 Dec 2020 04:10:29 +0000 https://kencarlson.org/?p=1979

Many of the commands in the Bible are about having the right inner attitude and disposition, what Jonathan Edwards calls “religious affections.” Since these are…]]> https://kencarlson.org/spiritual-life/how-to-cultivate-a-healthy-heart/feed/ 0 https://kencarlson.org/spiritual-life/the-biblical-understanding-of-the-heart/ https://kencarlson.org/spiritual-life/the-biblical-understanding-of-the-heart/#respond Fri, 16 Oct 2020 22:14:15 +0000 https://kencarlson.org/?p=1953

In my last post we looked at the commandment that Jesus said is the most important one in the Bible. God calls us to love…]]> https://kencarlson.org/spiritual-life/the-biblical-understanding-of-the-heart/feed/ 0 https://kencarlson.org/spiritual-life/what-are-religious-affections/ https://kencarlson.org/spiritual-life/what-are-religious-affections/#respond Thu, 17 Sep 2020 23:04:13 +0000 https://kencarlson.org/?p=1934

How can we experience God in a deeper and more intimate way? What role do Religious Affections play in the inner life of a mature…]]> https://kencarlson.org/spiritual-life/what-are-religious-affections/feed/ 0 https://kencarlson.org/spiritual-life/embracing-our-smallness/ https://kencarlson.org/spiritual-life/embracing-our-smallness/#comments Sat, 29 Aug 2020 20:34:38 +0000 https://kencarlson.org/?p=1916

It’s not easy to be small. Most young children are eager to become “big kids.” Teenagers want to be treated as adults. We live in…]]> https://kencarlson.org/spiritual-life/embracing-our-smallness/feed/ 1