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The Protestant Anchorite

Scripture and history reveal that early Christians, like the Old Testament worshippers of YHVH, fasted a lot. My experience is that twenty-first century Christians don't understand it. They don't understand what letting yourself get hungry has to do with Salvation or spirituality. The thing is, God has had a lot to say about fasting. He has rewarded fasting with answered prayers and revelations. He has acknowledged fasting as an acceptable form of penance. He has also spoken out…

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Added by Michael Vernon McEntire on February 14, 2014 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Chosen—Here’s your Valentine from God

Chosen—Here’s your Valentine from God.…

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Added by Christine on February 13, 2014 at 6:00am — No Comments

Love, Christian Style…

Love, Christian Style… or at least love like Jesus had in mind. Titus 2.2…

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Added by Christine on February 12, 2014 at 6:00am — No Comments

Jesus gave Himself.

Added by CHRISTINE on February 11, 2014 at 10:22am — No Comments

If we follow Truth, it will change us

If we follow Truth, it will change us. Titus 2.1-8…

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Added by Christine on February 11, 2014 at 6:00am — No Comments

You are not forgotten

Are you feeling a little forgotten by God? You are waiting for him to answer your prayer.ANd you are waiting for him to deliver you from what is holding you captive or other things .Sure the enemy would love for you to feel like you are abandon by God.But that is absolutely further from the truth. Isaiah 40:27-Why do you say, O Jacob,

And speak, O Israel:

“My…

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Added by Tawny Ealy on February 10, 2014 at 5:30pm — No Comments

The Protestant Anchorite

So, what does a monastic, an anchorite, do? Most people would say, "They chant"; "They pray"; "They wear a habit"; "They make brandy." While all of those things may be true (at least of some groups of cenobitic monks or nuns), probably the more important or revealing question is, "Why do they do those things?" And the answer may be even more vague for Third Order monastics like myself. We are usually called "Oblates." The definition of that word answers the question. Most literate…

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Added by Michael Vernon McEntire on February 10, 2014 at 2:11pm — No Comments

This Changes Everything

This Changes Everything. Titus 2.11-14…

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Added by Christine on February 10, 2014 at 6:00am — No Comments

The Protestant Anchorite

I have read Job's Book several times. The first few times were, perhaps not perfunctory, but at least with academic detachment. I wanted to master the literary form and content of Job's Book so that I could answer test questions about it. The first time I read it with real understanding, the God of Job scared me. This is a God who strips away family members as if they were chatel. I knew grief. The incurable grief of losing a spouse, a child, to death, can be crushing. I didn't want…

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Added by Michael Vernon McEntire on February 7, 2014 at 3:55pm — No Comments

I STILL BELIEVE

I STILL BELIEVE. TITUS 2.11-14…

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Added by Christine on February 7, 2014 at 6:00am — 1 Comment

The Protestant Anchorite

We are married to Christ! Have you had your honeymoon with your your Beautiful Savior-Bridegroom, a period of time when you thought of nothing but Him? If so, have you now returned to "business as usual"? Unfortunately, my first honeymoon (many years ago) was in Disneyland which was a huge distraction, so my wife and I came home not knowing each other any better than we did before we were married. I had a second honeymoon at a very nice resort hotel, but there was too much tennis,…

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Added by Michael Vernon McEntire on February 6, 2014 at 9:34am — No Comments

Christian … what does that mean? Part two

Christian … what does that mean? Part two. Titus 2.11…

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Added by Christine on February 6, 2014 at 6:00am — No Comments

Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND TOMORROW

January 31st, 2014

There’s a lot of different strategies that the enemy uses to get us off track in our walk with God. But I think one of the enemy’s greatest tactics is a sequence I call,yesterday, today, and tomorrow.

Here’s how it works. The enemy…

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Added by Tammy on February 5, 2014 at 2:30pm — No Comments

The Protestant Anchorite

It's about devotion. I'm talking about the kind of devotion that we naturally, without any kind of compulsion, give to our Lover. Even though I am 66 years old, I easily remember the last time I was in love with a woman. I thought about her constantly. It was hard to do anything else. I wanted only to be with her. The intensity of my feelings could easily be compared to fire. Once we were married, I often felt that I wanted to join with her so completely that we would become one. But…

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Added by Michael Vernon McEntire on February 5, 2014 at 11:14am — 1 Comment

Christian – what does that mean? Part one

Christian – what does that mean? Part one. Titus 2.11-14

‘Yeah, okay, CD…’ (That’s what she usually calls…

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Added by Christine on February 5, 2014 at 6:00am — No Comments

The Difference Maker

The Difference Maker. Titus 2.11, 14

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Added by Christine on February 4, 2014 at 6:00am — No Comments

The Protestant Anchorite

Protestants tend to think of any kind of monasticism as being a Roman Catholic thing, but there were monks long before the Roman Catholic Church existed. The first monks were probably those who came out of first, second, and third century Jerusalem, Syria, and Egypt. At first, they were not bound by any particular monastic order (like the Order of Saint Benedict), and the only vows they were bound by were the ones they made directly to God. However, they tended to have certain things in…

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Added by Michael Vernon McEntire on February 3, 2014 at 3:05pm — 1 Comment

Let God change the way you think

Let God change the way you think. You know before we came to Christ our minds were set on things that pertain to the world. So we were constantly pursuing things that brought only death to us. As the word of God says in Romans 8:6-A mind focused on the flesh is doomed to death.

So God knows before we knew him, we just couldn't think differently. You see are mind was only subjected to ourselves and the evil influence of the devil. We were captains.But now that we are a new creations…

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Added by Tawny Ealy on February 3, 2014 at 12:00pm — No Comments