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Redeeming the Time in a Digital Age: Biblical Strategies for Digital Minimalism

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“See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.” — Ephesians 5:15-16 (KJV) Beloved, we live in a world that is more connected than any generation before us — yet many of God’s people feel more distracted, anxious, and spiritually shallow than ever. Smartphones, social media, endless notifications, and streaming services promise connection and convenience, but too often they become modern yokes that entangle our hearts and steal the hours God has given us for His glory. The same Lord who commands us, “Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers… come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing” (2 Corinthians 6:14, 17), is also calling us to wise separation in the digital realm. Digital minimalism, when grounded in Scripture rather than secular self-help, is simply a practical outworking of biblical holiness, stewardship, and the call to set our affection on things above ...
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Staying Separate In A Connected World

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In our hyper-connected digital age, where smartphones keep the world in our pockets and social media promises constant companionship, the Word of God issues a startling command: “Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers.” The Apostle Paul’s words to the Corinthian church are not outdated relics. They are a living call to every believer who longs to walk in purity while the culture around us grows darker and more entangled by the hour. The same Lord who saved us still says, “Come out from among them, and be ye separate… and touch not the unclean thing.” The Command and the Contrasts Paul does not mince words. He asks five piercing questions that expose the impossibility of spiritual union between light and darkness: - What fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness?   - What communion hath light with darkness?   - What concord hath Christ with Belial?   - What part hath he that believeth with an infidel?   - What agreement hath t...
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Location: Peru, IN 46970, USA
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The Enduring Influence of a Godly Example

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I was a very fortunate young man. When I first began high school in the small town of Argos, Indiana, the Lord in His kind providence connected me with a group of young people who would become friends for the rest of my life. This vibrant Christian group influenced me in ways I am still discovering more than fifty years later. It was not only those young people themselves, but their families who left such a profound and lasting impact upon me. At that critical season of life, I learned far more about what a true Christian home should look like simply by watching them than I ever learned in my own home. No matter how earnestly I tried over the years, I was never able to fully replicate the warmth, the godliness, and the Christ-centered atmosphere I observed in those homes. How I wished I could have! What brought all of this into sharper focus for me was the news, just a couple of days ago, that one of the "kids" from one of those families had unexpectedly been called home to b...
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Location: Argos, IN 46501, USA
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The Judgment Seat Of Christ

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Scripture Focus: 2 Corinthians 5:10 (KJV) > "For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad." There is a coming day that no blood-bought believer can escape. It is not the Great White Throne judgment reserved for the lost. It is the Judgment Seat of Christ — the Bema Seat — where every Christian will give an account for the life we lived in these mortal bodies. The Apostle Paul writes with Spirit-inspired clarity: *we must all appear*. There will be no exceptions among the redeemed. This is not a judgment to determine our salvation. That question was forever settled at the cross when we trusted in the finished work of Jesus Christ. We are justified by faith alone. But our *works* — our service, our motives, our stewardship, and our faithfulness — will be examined in the blazing light of His holy presence. Works Tested by Fire The Bible is clear in 1...
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I Feel Like Traveling On

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Beloved, have you ever felt that holy longing deep in your soul? That quiet but persistent sense that this world is not your final home? Like the old gospel songs express it, “I feel like traveling on.” The Apostle Paul gives us the same blessed assurance in one of the most comforting passages in all of Scripture. As Bible-believing, conservative Christians who hold fast to the inerrant Word of God and the literal promises of our Lord, we find here a glorious preview of what awaits every child of God. Here is the text from the King James Bible: > For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven: If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked. For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might ...
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Location: Peru, IN 46970, USA
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