Category Archives: Salvation

Emerging Victorious

Posted on February 20, 2017 by Rina

Years ago, I got caught up in the doctrine of “do not handle, do not taste, do not touch” (which Paul warns against in Colossians 2:21 and I wrote more about HERE.)  Several things have contributed to my slow emergence … Continue reading →

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Faith Unraveled

Posted on October 11, 2016 by Rina

. I thought salvation [meant] having the right opinions about God and that fighting the good fight of faith [required] defending those opinions at all costs.  I was a fundamentalist because my security and self-worth and sense of purpose in … Continue reading →

Posted in Consecration, Daybook, Evangelism, Faith, Love, Perfectionism, PERSONAL, Salvation, Victory Journal | 8 Comments

Ragamuffin

Posted on September 13, 2016 by Rina

In the 33 years since I was first ambushed by Jesus, in the literally thousands of hours of prayer and meditation, silence and solitude in those years, I am now utterly convinced that on judgement day the Lord Jesus will … Continue reading →

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How can they know if no one goes and tells them?

Posted on November 22, 2015 by Rina

One question particularly troubled me after each suicide bombing, one I’d been asking for years: Did anyone present Jesus to that young person who blew himself up?  Who was going to the terrorists?  Was anyone prepared to confront them and … Continue reading →

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‘Gay Christian’ is not an oxymoron

Posted on September 15, 2015 by Rina

  *I wish I could relate to you just how long it has taken me to get to this place, how much “chipping away” at sin and hardheartedness God had to do to bring me here. When I first became … Continue reading →

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A Relationship with God

Posted on August 30, 2015 by Rina

Tonight, my oldest daughter (13) had this on her heart to write, and asked me to publish it here… What really is a relationship with God?  Here is what I strongly believe: God wants us to love Him.  Having a … Continue reading →

Posted in Bunchkin, Faith, Inspirational, Inspired, Love, PERSONAL, Salvation, The Eigh of 'em | 1 Comment

I Miss Him

Posted on August 22, 2015 by Rina

Those may be the most powerful words I’ve ever heard anybody say. I was speaking with a friend of mine, a friend who had introduced me to Jesus years ago but was now claiming to be agnostic (or athiest, or … Continue reading →

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