
The Lord's prayer, in Matthew chapter 6, is Jesus' substitute for hypocrisy and religious performance.

The Lord's prayer, in Matthew chapter 6, is Jesus' substitute for hypocrisy and religious performance.

"You can know you have made God in your own image when He starts hating the same people you do."
– Anonymous
A woman was at home with her children when the telephone rang.
In going to answer it, she tripped on a rug, grabbed for something to hold on to and seized the telephone table. It fell over with a crash, jarring the receiver off the hook.
As it fell, it hit the family dog, which leaped up, howling and barking. The woman's three-year-old son, startled by this noise, broke into loud screams.
My friend has a lifesaving tool in her car.
It's designed to cut through a seat belt if she gets trapped.
She keeps it in the trunk.

"Your worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God's grace. And your best days are never so good that you are beyond the need of God's grace."
Jerry Bridges, The Discipline of Grace
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A discussion about Truth and Reconciliation with two members of the Wiikwemkoong First Nation, and a member and Chief of the Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation.
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