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At the Core LIN FALLON I believe..., what a challenge, especially volunteering at Pacific Gospel Mission since I am not a wordsmith. I do a lot of on the near west side of Chicago. And observing and thinking but to put what Ime? I cycled in and out of wanting to grow in Christ and wanting to be part of the world I was living in. Change This is what I believe... was great during those days of the 60s I believe in God, the Father Almighty, and 70s; filled with civil unrest, music, maker of heaven and earth. hormones, drugs, political lies, war, the I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, draft—the who am I questions. The list could go on. The cycles went on and our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, on, and each time it seemed like I was pulled down further. Scripture warns born of the virgin Mary, us about how Satan works in I Peter suffered under Pontius Pilate, 5:8-9: “Be sober-minded; be watchful. was crucified, dead, and buried. Your adversary the devil prowls around He descended into hell. like a roaring lion, seeking someone to The third day he rose again from devour. Resist him...” the dead. He ascended to heaven, and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From there he will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.
Christ, however, never let go of me and for that, I am so thankful. Paul Tripp comments that “God will remain faithful even when you’re not. Because his faithfulness rests on who he is, not on what you’re doing.” Another Paul wrote to Timothy, “If we are faithless, he remains faithful—for he cannot deny himself.” (2 Timothy 2:13).
There were a few times that I began to understand for myself what it means I was brought up in a Christian home to live a life devoted to Christ. During and heard and responded to the call a break from college, I met a few of Christ at an early age. I had many students at Trinity (Deerfield, IL) that good role models of grandparents being were speaking to the issue of faith active members at Moody Memorial and what we stand for. They had just Church in Chicago, and parents who started publishing a magazine called were very active at Winnetka BiblePost-Americanand were having church Church as well as my dad regularly at their rented house. Blessed are those
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