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fotonni blog post updates will be moving here from .@andybraams. Also, check out the Christian Educator Weekly podcast for church leaders and teachers. More info at @christianedwkly.

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In this week's post, Andy gives an update on the blog. This week's post will be the last one - at least for a while. You can read more at https://t.co/26o6ik3Hz6. #fotonni

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Andy is taking a break from new posts for the next few weeks. With the current topic being prayer, the next three weeks (4/30, 5/7, 5/14) will be reposts from a brief series on prayer from 2019. Read them at https://t.co/26o6ik3Hz6. #fotonni

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For many, when a phone blinks or buzzes (or any sound), it is a cue to respond immediately. But how quickly are we to respond to God when He shows us something (blinks) or speaks to our hearts (buzzes)? New post about prayer at https://t.co/26o6ik3Hz6. #fotonni #redeemthetime

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Most people (self included) struggle with #prayer. But what if we couldn't pray? Or what if we did not know about prayer? Prayer is a privilege that God not only invites us to do, but a concept He made known to us that we could do. New post at https://t.co/26o6ik3Hz6. #fotonni

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As we consider "training in righteousness" (2 Tim 3.16), it is appropriate to review Micah 6.8. This week's post shows how doing justice, loving kindness, and walking humbly with God relate to the training God has for us. https://t.co/26o6ik3Hz6. #fotonni #redeemthetime

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Many thought it was a day like many other days within the Roman Empire. Some thought it was the end of something. But the truth is that it something greater was just getting started. New post about Jesus redeeming the time at https://t.co/26o6ik3Hz6. #fotonni

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Being trained in righteousness (2 Tim 3.16) is not just learning to think rightly, it is learning to live rightly. We can know what to do, but we still have to do it. New post on moving from right thinking to right living at https://t.co/26o6ik3Hz6. #fotonni #redeemthetime

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No one maximized the profitability of Scripture (2 Timothy 3.16) like Jesus. One example relates to training in righteousness. Not only did He guide the masses publicly, He focused the training privately as well. New post at https://t.co/26o6ik3Hz6. #fotonni #redeemthetime

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Training is not always fun, but it is necessary if we are to grow in any area of our lives. That includes being trained by God, who gave us Scripture, in part, to be trained in righteousness. New post at https://t.co/26o6ik3Hz6. #fotonni

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The third area where Scripture is specifically profitable is correction. After teaching, then reproof, it is important to add correction because reproof alone is unhelpful and discouraging. New post at https://t.co/26o6ik3Hz6. #fotonni

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Many people know Jesus' statement about judging (Matthew 7.1), but in the next few verses, the example He gives implies judgment. In last week's post, Andy wrote about reproof, in this week's he goes a little deeper on Matthew 7.1-5. New post at https://t.co/26o6ik3Hz6. #fotonni

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If reproof includes some sense of judgment, then are Christians to judge? If so, how can we judge properly? New post at https://t.co/26o6ik3Hz6 tries to address those questions.
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Paul wrote that Scripture is profitable for teaching and reproof... But the key is that SCRIPTURE is what is profitable, not our thoughts and opinions. For Scripture to be profitable, we must understand it, which begins with teaching. New post at https://t.co/26o6ik3Hz6. #fotonni

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Most people generally want to know how to be profitable. Well, Scripture says it is profitable for living. But that is only true if we apply it to our lives. New post on the profitability of Scripture with an exercise to prove it. https://t.co/26o6ijM6aw #fotonni #redeemthetime

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Many new year resolutions are about health including what, and how much, we put into our bodies. But our intake is not limited to food. This week's post speaks of our need to ensure our intake from the Bible is good as well. https://t.co/26o6ik3Hz6
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Many people set resolutions each year. Having goals is fine, but what is the real purpose of the goal? This week's post is about considering the bigger picture with our goals. https://t.co/26o6ik3Hz6 #fotonni #redeemthetime

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2021 is here, so what will you do with it? In Ephesians 5, Paul exhorts us to redeem the time, which is another way of thinking about living in the world, not of it. New post at https://t.co/26o6ik3Hz6. #fotonni

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The second most reviewed post of 2020 was about the need to find balance in ministry with a three-legged stool serving as the metaphor. Read this week's re-post at https://t.co/26o6ik3Hz6. #fotonni

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For the remainder of 2020, we are reposting the 5 most viewed posts of 2020. Today is the 3rd most viewed post. It was posted in November 2018 shortly before the latest Toy Story movie was released. New posts will return January 8, 2021. https://t.co/26o6ik3Hz6 #fotonni

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For the remainder of 2020, we will be reposting the five most viewed posts during this year. Today's post about praying for others was originally posted in October 2019, shortly after we moved the blog to this site. New posts will return January 8, 2021. https://t.co/26o6ik3Hz6