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Sarah is a Houston based freelance writer and blogger. Questions and comments can be sent to brooks.sarah23 @ gmail.com. She is a contributor to Free People Search.

Christianity Boosts Education, Quality of Life in Asian Countries

Posted on July 25, 2014 Written by Sarah Brooks 1 Comment

This is a guest post by Sarah Brooks whose biographical information appears in the author box below this post. If you would like to provide a guest post to Attempts at Honesty, please see the guest post guidelines and contact me if you are interested in providing a post. Sarah Writes Although often considered a primarily […]

On having a perfect brother

Some thoughts on what it was like to be one of Jesus’ siblings. Imagine being compared to that perfect older brother all the time.

The antidote to hypocrisy

Jesus was also hard on the Pharisees, so the lesson I learn from this is that God has a low tolerance threshold for religious hypocrisy. He doesn’t like it whether it is in the Pharisees of Jesus’ day or in you or me.

In what does Christ’s exaltation consist?

The answer given is, “Christ’s exaltation consists in his rising again from the dead on the third day; in ascending into heaven; in sitting at the right hand of God the Father; and in coming to judge the world at the last day.”

Martyn Lloyd-Jones on the Gospel

Let us therefore remind ourselves before we go any further that the gospel announces, at the very beginning, that man is absolutely helpless in the matter of his salvation, he can do nothing at all about it.

Go and sin boldly

I believe it was Martin Luther who said, “go and sin boldly.” The point is not that we are to intentionally sin, but that we cannot allow fear of sin to inhibit us from living life.

Daniel and regime change – A call for perspective

Daniel is an example to us of one who was steadfast in the midst of social and political turmoil. In this election season we can learn from him.