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Finding Elisha

Step 8: Are looking closely at the lives of famous men and women of the Bible who turned out to be ordinary sinners like us. Elijah was, by many accounts, the greatest prophet the nation of Israel ever had. He … Continue reading

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Faith Hall of Fame

Step 8: Are looking closely at the lives of famous men and women of the Bible who turned out to be ordinary sinners like us. If you made a truly honest movie of the Bible, most of the Old Testament … Continue reading

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The Recovering Pharisee’s Creed

Step 7. Embrace the belief that we are, and will always be, experts at sinning. Ever notice that when we talk about sin and sinners, we are usually referring to someone else’s and someone else? There is an underlying assumption … Continue reading

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Expert sinners

Step 7. Embrace the belief that we are, and will always be, experts at sinning. This is the sure-fire cure — the closing argument that incarcerates the Pharisee in all of us. This is what steers us clear of pharisaical … Continue reading

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Pre-op prep

Step 6. Are ready to have God remove all these defects of attitude and character. If this doesn’t hurt, it’s probably not happening. What does it take for God to remove these defects in attitude or character? It takes a … Continue reading

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Lose the veil

6. Are ready to have God remove all these defects of attitude and character. The most important part of this step is that God gets involved. We cannot do this on our own. Just as a Pharisee can’t be righteous … Continue reading

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Is there a Step 5.5?

Step 5. Will cease all attempts to apply teaching and rebuke to anyone but ourselves. Step 6. Are ready to have God remove all these defects of attitude and character. We’re now halfway through this series. This is the turning … Continue reading

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Whitewater Christian Church

Step 5. Will cease all attempts to apply teaching and rebuke to anyone but ourselves. My son, Chandler goes to a very cool church. The pastor has tattoos and brown disks the size of poker chips implanted in his earlobes, … Continue reading

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Judging judgmental people

5. Will cease all attempts to apply teaching and rebuke to anyone but ourselves. We’ve all done it. We’ve all done it recently. We will all do it again. What am I talking about? We will all hear a message … Continue reading

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Whac-A-Pharisee

4. Have decided that we don’t want to get what we deserve after all, and we don’t want anyone else to either. Now that we’ve got what we do and don’t deserve sorted out, what about everyone else? Remember the … Continue reading

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