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COMPASSION—NOT CONDEMNATION

ODJ: whose word?

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Whether it was the 10 hour TV series The Bible or the films Son of God and Noah, the world has watched a lot of stories based in varying degrees on the Bible in the past few years. But what do people truly believe about God’s Word? A 2013 State of the Bible survey (conducted in America) revealed that the percentage of individuals who are sceptical of the Bible
COMPASSION—NOT CONDEMNATION

ODJ: words of love

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In 2014 some players from a school football team were involved in various forms of poor behaviour: skipping classes, getting failing grades and even cyber-bullying. The team’s coach came up with a radical disciplinary measure: he disbanded the entire team. Players and their families reacted to the news with contrite acceptance, for they knew how much the coach cared for his players. A s
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ODJ: name above all names

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Using Google Instant Search, I decided to do an experiment to determine how many letters it would take for their algorithm to recognise that I was searching for references to deity—not pop culture. After starting from scratch, by clearing my browser and search histories, I started typing, and here’s what happened: One letter “J” yielded Justin Bieber, Jetblue. “JE” yielded Jennifer Law
COMPASSION—NOT CONDEMNATION

ODJ: compassion—not condemnation

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An episode of the BBC show Call the Midwife, set years ago in London, tells the story of a mother who reluctantly prepared to have her unborn baby adopted as soon as she was born. She did so because the child hadn’t been fathered by her husband. And it was probably going to be obvious, for the skin color of the baby’s biological father was black while the woman and her husband were wh
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ODJ: gateway to grace

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When my oldest daughter was very young, it was always difficult to get her to admit when she had done something wrong. She was skillfully evasive and seemed to have a knack for explaining away a bad situation. Her indiscretions were usually very minor—she was essentially a ‘good girl’. But her habit of never admitting her mistakes was a source of concern to us. One day, she decided—without
COMPASSION—NOT CONDEMNATION

ODJ: but God . . .

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A man dealing with despair confessed to a Bible teacher, “My life is really in bad shape.” “How bad?” asked the teacher. Burying his head in his hands, the man moaned, “I’ll tell you how bad—I’ve got nothing left but God.” The man thought that life had dealt him a bad hand. He didn’t understand that “but God” is an frequently repeated comforting expression found in the Bibl
COMPASSION—NOT CONDEMNATION

ODJ: your body

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I like to write out my thoughts before I type them. But when I use an old pen that rolls roughly across the paper, my thoughts thump along in fits and starts.
COMPASSION—NOT CONDEMNATION

ODJ: big ego, bigger God

I once had a boss who wielded the ultimate power in our organisation. It was his goal to make sure we never forgot who was in charge. Though he was successful in gaining an iron grip within our office, the net result was that this man was very lonely.
COMPASSION—NOT CONDEMNATION

ODJ: well, that’s just perfect!

The seminar speaker emphasised a positive mental approach to everything. And I’m okay with that, for the most part. She elaborated on how we might stay positive in the face of annoyances.