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“Who are you, Lord?”       [Acts 9: 1 -9]       Are we truly changing?   The life of a Christian is one of transformation.   Faith is a willingness to change.   The church is a community of people who have not only experienced change, but also seek it (Internet).   However, there are times when we long for change, yet become disappointed and discouraged when we see our own habits persist.   Regarding this spiritual condition, author Robert Boyd Munger, in his book "A Pauper of a Prince?," says, ‘Many Christians today are despairing due to weakness, failure, and feebleness, unable to break free from the swamp of incompetence and helplessness.   Therefore, the author's desire is to give this amazing gift of a transformed life to us all.   The author's words, 'The amazing gift of a transformed life is more than forgiveness for the past or a promise for the future.'   This gift pertains to our current lives...

  Why Would God Call Me ‘Helper’? The Modern Struggle with Womanhood Article by  Adrien Segal Guest Contributor For Adam there was not found a helper fit for him. ( Genesis 2:20 ) Helper . Many women in our day have chafed at this word, at this characterization of our calling from God. A helper is clearly not in charge. A helper is not usually center stage. A helper may feel (and rightly!) that she has gifts and talents that enable her to do the work better. A helper rarely gets as much recognition for her work. A helper may feel like a second-class citizen. And we could go on. Some of these assumptions may be true, some are outright lies, but all of them miss the point. Each of the above statements comes from the perspective of fallen creatures, socialized in the modern world; none seriously attempts to consider what the Creator himself had in mind when he designed and assigned callings to men and women. “When God created male and female, he did not mean to glorify men a...

The salvation of God (4)       [Romans 8:29-30]                       Look at Romans 8:29-30: “For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren; and these whom He predestined, He also called; and these whom He called, He also justified; and these whom He justified, He also glorified.”   Let's review the five stages of salvation taught in these verses: (1) First stage: God saves those whom God foreknew, that is, those whom God loved.   (2) Second stage: God saves those whom He predestined, that is, those whom God chose before the foundation of the world.   (3) Third stage: God saves those whom He called, that is, those whom God effectively called.   (4) Fourth stage: God saves those whom He justified.   (5) Fifth stage: God saves those whom God gl...