Is God’s love Unconditional?

If you want to find more-in-depth knowledge about faith in God, you can check out my “Spiritual Resources.” If you have ever experienced a fierce thunderstorm with a lot of lightning, you know its power. If you escaped a lightning strike, why did you survive its might? Well, the Bible says that God created everything including that storm. He allows but doesn’t cause the damage that tornadoes create. Why does he? He wants his wandering creation to return to him …

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What is True Faith?

If you want more-in-depth knowledge about how to have more faith in God, check out “Spiritual Resources.“ Jason Q. Dillon and Bruce Leiter wrote this devotional Bible study to help you make sure that you have real and growing faith in the only true God. It’s for individuals and discussion groups to help their faith grow. Discussion questions are included for groups. The authors have included practical steps to help your faith grow. You will learn the proper object of …

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Find Out God’s Involvement in an Author’s Life

If you want more-in-depth knowledge about how to have more faith in God, check out my spiritual self-care.  Do you want ways to overcome sinful actions, decisions, emotions, or thinking in your own life or for your loved ones? My dramatic life shows you ways to be God’s winner over such poor choices.  If you want to grow in your love of and faith in God, go to my Spiritual Self-Care Resources webpage. The title of What God Has Done …

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Overcome Doubts: Doubtbusters! God Is My Shrink!

If you want more-in-depth knowledge about how to have more faith in God, go to my spiritual self-care page. When you read my book Doubtbusters! God is My Shrink! God will help you “bust” your doubts and overcome your anger and anxiety about life. I as myself, a retired pastor, befriend two thirty-something fictional skeptics, who also frequent a hot tub at the pool where I swim in a fictional Iowa town. Together we unlikely threesome go on a “journey” …

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Who is your companion?

If you want more-in-depth knowledge about how to have more faith in God, check out https://www.growingtoknowgod.com/spiritual-self-care-resources/. Most of us like to have some sort of a companion with whom we can share our life. We often want a spouse or a good friend or both who will allow us to unload our feelings or with whom we can share our ideas. Good friends are hard to find; but a solid, committed friendship is the best basis for a long-lasting marriage.  …

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Grow to Know God in Colossians (2)

If you want more-in-depth knowledge about how to have more faith in God, check out https://www.growingtoknowgod.com/spiritual-self-care-resources/. In my previous blogpost, I dealt with the beginning of Colossians chapter three. Now, I hope to deal with the commands in the rest of the chapter. Yes, God inspires Paul to give us commandments. Why? Because we need to change gradually from our imperfect lives to be more mature as God’s grown children. Read my mystery Divided Together 2084 for a discussion of …

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Who is Jesus?

If you want more-in-depth knowledge about how to have more faith in God, check out https://www.growingtoknowgod.com/spiritual-self-care-resources/. Some people have said that Jesus never existed. However, four well-preserved documents show that they are wrong. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John have written independent accounts with different purposes for their audiences describing the history of Jesus’ life and ministry. Other people describe Jesus as just a good, well-meaning, human teacher. However, the problem with that idea is that because he claims that he …

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Welcome to the Growing to Know God Blog!!

If you want to find more-in-depth knowledge about how to have more faith in and love of God, you can check out my spiritual self-care webpage. Welcome!! What does Growing to Know God mean? Who Is God? At one time in my life, I didn’t know God. I had heard about God, but he seemed very distant. Who is God, and what does he want with me? How can I know God? The first step in my spiritual journey was learning who …

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What does it mean to grow in knowing God?

If you want to find more-in-depth knowledge about how to have more faith in God, you can check out http://www.growingtoknowgod.com/spiritual-growth-resources. “Eye of God” Nebula God even shows up in science. But he doesn’t have a physical eye! Bruce Leiter Growing To Know God In this third section of blog posts, we will investigate what growing in the knowledge of God means. How can we fulfill the Apostle Peter’s command? He says, “But grow in the grace and knowledge of our …

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What does it mean to know God?

If you want to find more-in-depth knowledge about how to have more faith in God, you can check out http://www.growingtoknowgod.com/spiritual-growth-resources. If you know people who doubt that we can know God, give them my life-story What God Has Done. In this category of our blog, we will explore the question, “What does it mean to know God?” Read my mystery Divided Together 2104 for discussions of Hindu and Christian beliefs to grow your faith. God’s world is beautiful with its …

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