How does ‘hyper-patriarchy’ get born?
By Elizabeth Prata How does hyper-patriarchy get born? As with any doctrine, intense fixation on one part of a doctrine while ignoring others will throw a believer off balance. This skews discernme…
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‘The cheese shall inherit the earth’
By Elizabeth Prata EPrata photo I wrote on my other blog yesterday about the food haul I scored at Kroger. I am trying my best to manage my budget with these ever-rising food prices. Since I’…
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There’s no such thing as an ex-Christian
By Elizabeth Prata There’s no such thing as an ex-Christian. Look at 1 John- “They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would hav…
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Holy is a word we need to hear more of
By Elizabeth Prata Holiness is the central point of all of the story of Redemption. God is Holy. That means He is perfect, sinless, well, Holy. And one called out to another and said, “Holy, …
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Sexual sins are worse. Here’s why
By Elizabeth Prata Sexually transmitted diseases at their basic root are a judgment from God in the way that all disease is a function of the decay the people who dwell on the earth experience as a…
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Resources about the sin of homosexuality for believers, parents, and gay folks wanting to emerge from their sin
By Elizabeth Prata It’s ‘pride in one’s homosexual sin’ month. Mother gets a day but sodomy gets a month. Hm. That’s normal in a world where evil is called good and good is called evil, light is da…
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But…there are gay penguins, right?
By Elizabeth Prata It’s ‘pride in one’s homosexual sin’ month. Mother gets a day but sodomy gets a month. Hm. That’s normal in a world where evil is called good and go…
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Listen, Lord – A Prayer
by James Weldon Johnson James Weldon Johnson (June 17, 1871 – June 26, 1938) was an American author, politician, diplomat, critic, journalist, poet, anthologist, educator, lawyer, songwriter, and e…
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They fell down
By Elizabeth Prata I know it’s currently an atmosphere were we say Jesus is my friend…he met me in the garden and promised me… he whispered sweet nothings… he embraces me li…
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RightNow Media is so wrong
By Elizabeth Prata RightNow Media is “A streaming library of more than 20,000 Bible study videos for leaders to share with their people.” The organization says the streaming, virtual ap…
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Do you have any Grey Poupon? A Sailing Story
By Elizabeth Prata I was watching the “Best Commercials Ever” show the other day. Such memories. I had forgotten all about the two guys in separate limos, one asked the other through rolled down wi…
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His names and titles
By William S. Plumer, from “The Rock of Our Salvation” 1867. Found at Grace Gems. Jesus Christ is a wonderful, a glorious person. His names and titles are as important as the…
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Why are things so CONFUSED?!
By Elizabeth Prata We are living in tremendous times. They are tremendous first of all because every day we live we get one day closer to the return of Jesus. They are also tremendous days because …
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“Preach the Bible not Doctrine”; “Bible, not Commentaries”
by Elizabeth Prata OT Commentaries If you’re on social media for any length of time, and you post anything mentioning doctrine, or speak of doctrine itself, invariably someone will make the c…
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Be ye reconciled to God
By Elizabeth Prata EPrata photo And Isaac said to his father Abraham, “My father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” He said, “Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offer…
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The old paths
By Elizabeth Prata Thus says the LORD: “Stand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not…
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Do not grow weary in the doing good
By Elizabeth Prata “And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.” (Galatians 6:9) These days are getting more and more evil. A Christia…
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Patronesses Phoebe and Susanna: Two named women in the Bible
By Elizabeth Prata Susanna and Phoebe are both mentioned as women who believed in Jesus and supported his ministry. In Romans 16:2 Phoebe is named as a benefactor, and Susanna was giving out of her…
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The Fickle Finger of Fate
By Elizabeth Prata I was listening to Dr. RC Sproul explain the Doctrine of Concurrence in a 2004 sermon. He opened with an explanation of it, and after a short while of preaching, mentioned “…
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Hating sin and loving Jesus
By Elizabeth Prata I totally get Paul’s lament in Romans 7:15: “For what I am working out, I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am doing the very …
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