by Carolyn Pereira | Jul 26, 2022 | Personal Growth, Spiritual Fitness, When life is Hard
The word mortification is a terrifying one. It literally comes from the Latin mortificare that means “to put to death”, specifically, in traditional understanding, “the desires of the flesh”. It was considered essential for salvation back in...
by Carolyn Pereira | Jun 15, 2022 | Relationship with God
My friend was telling me the other day how, when she asked about the Trinity, her pastor (Non-Denominational Protestant) answered, “Oh, I avoid talking about that because it’s just too complicated!” Both of us were rather aghast. The Trinity might be...
by Carolyn Pereira | Jun 8, 2022 | Grace and Strength, Relationship with God
I almost titled this post, “What’s Religion got to do with it?”, but the other title was better for SEO 🙂 Nevertheless, the question still stands. More and more and more people are dropping by the hour into believing that it it doesn’t have...
by Carolyn Pereira | May 25, 2022 | Grace and Strength, Relationship with God
Sources of Grace – Christian Life of Grace Series Continued… In my last post in this series we talked about what Grace really is (and how it has been distorted), and that while it is all around us, much like oxygen, we still need to tap into it ever more...
by carolynpereira1311@hotmail.com | Jun 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
Jesus said, “You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of the hell shall not prevail against it.” – Matthew 16:18 But He didn’t say anything about a lack of Spiritual Warfare! In fact, He suggests the exact...