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Okay, so what thoughts do ya'll have on accountability? I would really like to know. My old church believed very strongly in accountability and having accountability groups. Confessing areas of sin and struggle, and then having someone hold you accountable as you press on to 'grow' or defeat sin areas. I will be honest, my husband recently told me I should be accountable to someone for my actions, or for my lack of actions. I realized, you know, that means accountability is more like a drill ser… Continue

So, I wanted to go a little deeper in this post, if I can, although I will probably repeat a lot of what I already shared in part 1, on why I don't believe the Holy Spirit convicts me of my sin. You may want to read the original post first.

Here I will mention some of the arguments I have received in light of this question. One person's thoughts were in light of how Paul brought sharp correction to the churches. They believed that since Paul did this that they believed the Holy Spirit inspired… Continue

This is a question that came to me some time ago after God revealed to me His awesome grace. If Jesus died to take away all sin and God does not see our sins anymore, he only sees us as He sees Christ, perfect forever, then how does the Holy Spirit see us. Is is his job to convict Christians of their sins? I wrestled with this because I had been taught that he does. The truth is the accuser, Satan accuses us night and day of our sin. So how can it be that the Holy Spirit would fill that same rol… Continue

When the Lord began revealing grace to me over a year ago, everything in my life and my perspective started to shift and change. I began to see things in light of grace. Parenting became a huge shift for my husband and I. I began to see how I could no longer be a punitive minded parent. Corporal punishment was huge in my old church and was pretty much the only ideas my parents had about raising kids. I began to realize a lot of Christians equate discipine with punishment, which is simply not tru… Continue

So, I have been provoked to thinking further about this issue of parenting through grace. I am by no means an expert in parenting. I do happen to have 4 boys ages 9 1/2 down to 1 and have learned a lot over the years, mostly the hard way :) I have a great passion for parenting my boys in a grace filled way, since I have seen nothing but turmoil produced in our lives from formerly using a legalistic approach. I have been asking the Lord for His Spirit of wisdom and revelation to be revealed to me… Continue