I have received a couple requests for a more practical treatment of the topic of fear. So I decided to go ahead and write this post in that vein.
I know from my experiences of two effective ways to fight fear: to nurture a higher view of God and to face your fears. The second way is more obvious, so I will deal this it last. The first way is a less direct, but no less effective, defense against fear.
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Read more »I’m a very fearful person. I struggle with fear of a lot of things, not just one or two. For example, I fear just about every kind of bug that God has created; the only one I can truthfully say I don’t have some sort of aversion to is the black ant. This fear grips me particularly in summertime, making it very difficult for me to enjoy myself outside (that’s why fall and winter are my favorite months 
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Sola Fide. Those words, said by the famous Reformation father Martin Luther, describe how we are saved as Christians: by faith alone. This faith is often erroneously viewed as something to be proud of. However, as seen in Ephesians 2:8, faith is purely a gift. We deserve no accolades for being saved. This gift was given for the main purpose of bringing God, the Giver of the Gift, glory.
So what exactly is faith? Fortunately, this is not a definition that ….
Read more »None of us like suffering. If we do, we think of ourselves as having some sort of phsychiatric disorder. But, as Christians, we cannot avoid suffering. Christ told his apostles that they would suffer in Matthew 10:18-20. He didn’t say, “But if they arrest you.” He said “But when they arrest you.” It’s a certainty that we will suffer spiritually, physically, and emotionally for proclaiming God to the world. We suffer for God, and it isn’t a bad thing. On ….
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