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Is Cursing Really That Big of a Sin? Blair Parke 2019 20 Jun COMMENTS 0 “It’s only when I’m in the moment;” “Some situations you just have to say it;” “My parents cursed in front of me all the time and they were okay with it.” We all will justify our words when it comes to cursing, cussing, speaking profanity, letting zingers go, whatever it is you call the use of words when we are angry, sad, trying to be funny, or just speaking in regular conversation. However, what seems like inconsequential words are actually sins, creating gateways for further, more dangerous sins to be committed. From Jesus to the apostles to Moses, cursing is conveyed in the Scriptures as a big deal to God and an indicator of a carnal-minded person. But how big of a sin is cursing? 1) Cursing Ruins Your Witness of Jesus and Dishonors God In  James 3:10 (NKJV ), it is expressed that having the same mouth to bless and curse is dishonorable to the Lord. When you are a follower of Ch...

Christian Dating: 3 Signs Your Yoking is Healthy Hope Bolinger Crosswalk.com Contributing Writer Whether you’re meeting for your second date, or an engagement looms around the corner, you’ll want to know if who you’ve paired yourself with will help your spiritual growth, opposed to hinder or detract from it. Christian dating can come with a number of frustrations. The size of the dating pool shrinks significantly when we take into factor that our potential future spouse needs to love the Lord, have a personal relationship with Him, and emboldens us to grow in our own relationship with God. Granted, yes, we can already avoid dating those who do not yet know God as their personal Savior (2 Corinthians 6:14). Such relationships can lead to pain for both partners. After all, Christians need to place God at the center of everything, including marriage and dating. If the other partner does not do the same, they will struggle to maintain anything healthy under this major...

Never Stop Being A Good Person 15 Traits of People With True Integrity Trust and integrity are the foundations of a good relationship. While anyone can say they are reliable in a job interview or on a first date, how do you know if they are in fact a person with genuine integrity? When determining if the people in your life are truly trustworthy, here are 15 habits integral to people with genuine integrity. 1. Trustworthy Trust goes beyond just agreeing to keep a secret or watching your cat for the weekend. Being trustworthy means they can be counted on no matter what. 2. Accountable We all make mistakes, but a person with genuine integrity knows when to take the blame. If a mistake was made, then they will be the first to admit if they had a hand in it. 3. Reliable Along with accountability, reliability is another big clue to someone's integrity. No one likes someone who promises big but doesn't deliver. Integrity means following through and being re...

What Does it Look Like to Be a 'God-Fearing Man'? Chad Napier Crosswalk.com Contributing Writer 2019 6 Jun COMMENTS 1 Society tends to encourage or even dictate characteristics of what a man ‘should’ and ‘shouldn’t’ be. However, these characteristics do not necessarily look like a ‘God-fearing’ man. Society will tell us: a man is to be both strong physically and emotionally with a rough and rugged exterior; or a ‘God-fearing’ man doesn’t have tattoos, long hair, or piercings; or it’s unholy or heath enistic to wear t-shirts and jeans to Sunday service. Those requirements got your attention, right? Unfortunately, some discern godliness and holiness strictly from outward appearances. ‘Desirable’ characteristics vary from generation to generation, as well as from locale to locale or country to country. Why is it even important to be ‘God-fearing?’ Because in  Psalm 112 , a God-fearing man is promised to be a blessed man. Fortunately, the  Bible  provides ...

Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People? Kristi Walker 2019 5 Jun COMMENTS 3 You could look at it this way: Only one time did a bad thing happen to a good person. That person was Christ. The bad thing that He suffered was the punishment that our sins deserved. We are only good because He has taken our sins and is transforming us into His good image. The question still remains:  Why do bad things happen to those who have faith in Christ? 1. God uses pain to get our attention. “We can ignore even pleasure. But pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: it is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world” (C.S. Lewis,  The Problem of Pain ). 2. God uses pain to help us grow. “Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters,whenever you face trials of many kinds,   because you know that the testing of your faith   produces perseverance.Let perseverance finish its work so that ...