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July 2009
Bald Women
The women of Zion had gotten pretty wrapped up in their outer beauty, and it showed.
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Your Body is a Temple
Doesn't God's perspective on your body, beauty, and worth free you to focus more on the things that matter and less on the things that, well, don't?
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You Are More Than Your Body Alone
It's great to take care of what God has given you, as long as you realize that the body is not all there is.
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Three Truths About the Body
Through studying what God's Word says about my body and my beauty, I discovered three truths about the body that led me to see myself in a whole new light.
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A Change of the Heart
My sister, Autumn, wasn't a Christian. But I thought it would take a few years for her to change her mind about Jesus.
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The Proof is in the Pudding
Have God's truths about your beauty and worth changed the way that you behave and relate to others?
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God's View of Beauty
What does inner beauty look like exactly? I want to know what you think . . .
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Do You Have a Pretty Heart?
Do you have a pretty heart? Is it full of love for others and passion for the things of God or is your heart preoccupied with worldly beauty and the affirmation of man?
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Free Beauty Book -- Winners Announced!
Your comments on the blog these past several days show that you're looking for a way to be Truth speakers to your friends in the area of beauty. Here's a giveaway (and some ideas) to encourage you to do that!
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Do You Have a Spiritual Eating Disorder?
Sometimes we develop spiritual eating disorders. We binge and purge on Jesus or fast from Him altogether, and our souls quickly become malnourished.
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What's Your "It"?
We agree that God did well when He created sunsets and zebras and ocean waves, but we secretly suspect that when He made our eye flaps or freckles or hair or shape or size He simply goofed. But this is contrary to God's Word.
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A Better Perspective on Beauty
The Journal of Advertising published a study on the effects of overtly sexual content in mainstream consumer advertising. The results were not what you might expect.
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What does Kleenex have to do with my modesty?
The Journal of Advertising published a study on the effects of overtly sexual content in mainstream consumer advertising. The results were not what you might expect.
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It Started in the Garden
If we are to fight back against Satan's attack on the issue of beauty, we need to study his tactics and to put on the full armor of God so that we can win the fight.
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The coolest grand finale ever
I wish you could see my ear-to-ear grin right now . . .
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A different sort of invitation
“With every head up, and every eye open, would you stand and say or shout, ‘Jesus Christ is Lord’ if you have just been going through the motions but want to receive His gift of eternal life? People might be shocked, but someday, somehow, the truth must come out!”
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What happened between walking and waltzing?
What would it look like if you were to really adopt a “do hard things” mentality? It would look like this . . .
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What do you expect?
Did you know that it wasn’t until the early 1900s that America mandated that you go to school through high school? (You’re convinced you were born at the wrong time, aren’t you?!) For the first time ever, teens were consumers instead of contributors. And since then, expectations for teens have continued to diminish drastically . . .
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Good morning from The Rebelution's "Do Hard Things Tour" in Chicago!
I walked in to find the band, Alex, Brett, and a few others hanging out . . .
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What's Satan's Beef with Beauty?
I'm convinced that the heart of the beauty battle is spiritual, not physical. And as a result, I'm confident that our enemy in this fight is Satan.
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Who's the Bad Guy?
Could it be that the source of our struggles with beauty have nothing to do with the reality of our appearance? If truly beautiful women don’t feel comfortable in their own skin, is it possible that the root of this issue is internal?
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Don't Blame Barbie
If culture is really to blame for the frustration we feel with our own
beauty, the solution to the problem seems simple. We just turn of the
television, cancel our magazine subscriptions, close our eyes every
time we pass a billboard, and throw Barbie in the trash. Then we'd
never struggle with beauty again, right?
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Growing Up Too Fast
Someday, you’re going to be a mom and hold your first little one in your arms. I hope you’ll be one of the rare Christian parents who understands the risk of letting little girls grow up too fast.
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Bandaging the Burns
Maybe you've been playing with fire. You know that this is an area of your life that needs dramatic change. Now what?
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Playing With Fire
We hesitated to address this difficult subject in such a public forum, but your questions and comments kept coming. So we decided to respond, using God's Word as the standard of Truth.
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A Cool Mag to Check Out
A lot of magazines that target us teens can actually really harm us. But I've got the scoop on something new that you'll want to check out.
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