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Living Faith by James M. Dakis
Living Faith by James M. Dakis

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Must I Embrace all that I Love?

Is loving something possible without embracing it? — Love and inclusion are not synonymous. Jesus told us to love our enemies in Matthew 5:43–44. This, however, did not go so far as to tell us to include them in our dinner plans. He sent people into a sinful world to lovingly spread the Gospel message of forgiveness but…

Acceptance

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Must I Embrace all that I Love?
Must I Embrace all that I Love?
Acceptance

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Thanks for the Gift of Life, Mom and Dad

I pray that I have used it well — Today I turned sixty. To put things in perspective, the current life expectancy in the United States as of this writing is just shy of seventy-nine years old. Curiously, for some reason, in Kansas, where I live, it is a few months shorter than average but I don’t plan on…

Life Lessons

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Thanks for the Gift of Life, Mom and Dad
Thanks for the Gift of Life, Mom and Dad
Life Lessons

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Koinonia

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Heavenly Offering

How God’s grace surpasses any gift we could ever envision — I recently wrote a piece on the mercy of God entitled Not Getting Everything You Deserve. In it, we found that mercy, or not receiving justified punishment, keeps us from being condemned to Hell. Today I want us to look at a different component of this equation that was touched…

Grace Of God

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Heavenly Offering
Heavenly Offering
Grace Of God

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Koinonia

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Is Feeling Guilty Ever Good?

Nobody ever wants to feel guilty; but does it serve a purpose? — What is guilt? To simply define it, guilt is both a cognitive and an emotional experience that occurs when a person realizes that he or she has violated a moral standard and is responsible for that violation. In essence, it is the knowledge, or at least the belief, that a person has done…

Guilt

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Is Feeling Guilty Ever Good?
Is Feeling Guilty Ever Good?
Guilt

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Koinonia

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Do You Really Want What You Deserve?

I doubt it — There is a story about a king who, knowing that he was close to death and realizing that his son succeed him soon, considered how he would leave behind a legacy that would not only be remembered but could be replicated and help the people of the land prosper. He…

Justice

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Do You Really Want What You Deserve?
Do You Really Want What You Deserve?
Justice

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Koinonia

·6 days ago

Granting Freedom

It’s more than you could ever hope for. — Committing a distasteful act. The bile in the back of Jesse Carter’s throat came all the way up into his mouth as he walked through the stench of the street. It wasn’t just the unwashed bodies, horse dung, and stale alcohol. It wasn’t the vomit from the drunks in the alley either. No, it…

Christianity

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Granting Freedom
Granting Freedom
Christianity

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Koinonia

·Aug 25

Is God Mad at Me?

What did I do wrong? — I thought God was on my side! The Bible is full of support for the idea that God has our backs. As believers, we are told that He will never leave us, that He knows the number of hairs on our heads, that He will provide for our every need, and that He listens to our prayers. …

Christianity

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Is God Mad at Me?
Is God Mad at Me?
Christianity

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Koinonia

·Jul 22

When Dreams Bleed into Morning

Haunted by life’s nightmares. — This is part three in an ongoing series. Part one: “A Call to Service.” Part two: “Growing Friendship, Showing Faith.” Tug sprang awake so quickly that he startled himself. The dream had been so real that he could still taste the alcohol in his mouth and smell smoke in the…

Christianity

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When Dreams Bleed into Morning
When Dreams Bleed into Morning
Christianity

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Koinonia

·Jul 10

Who am I Listening To?

Was that really the voice of God speaking? — God instructs us to listen for His voice. Scripture is full of examples of God giving instruction to His people to heed his voice. The list of examples is exhausting, and I actually found a website with a list of “50 Bible verses about Listening to God”. …

Christianity

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Who am I Listening To?
Who am I Listening To?
Christianity

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Koinonia

·Jun 24

Growing Friendship, Showing Faith

How one man’s sharing faith with his new friend changed both of them forever — This is Part two in an ongoing series. For Part one, click here. It had now been about three months since Mark and Tug had first met. After Mark had spent some time over a meal with Tug and dropped him off at the local mission, a tug at his…

Christianity

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Growing Friendship, Showing Faith
Growing Friendship, Showing Faith
Christianity

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Living Faith by James M. Dakis

Living Faith by James M. Dakis

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Christian minister writing to inspire and encourage others in their daily walk with the Lord.

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