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Jealousy – Part 3

March 1, 2014 By Wendy Willard · Leave a Comment ·

The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause. - Baltasar Gracián (Photo taken by Vincent_AF, Flikr)

This is part three of a Saturday Series digging into the destructive emotion of jealousy. Last time, we looked at how Saul let fear cause him to be suspicious of his friend David, which led to anger and rage… all symptoms of a greater sin problem of jealousy. At the end of that post, we […]

Filed Under: + Not of This World, Faith & Culture · Tagged With: David, jealousy, Jonathan, Saturday Study, Saul

Jealousy – Part 2

February 15, 2014 By Wendy Willard · 1 Comment ·

“Isn't it kind of silly to think that tearing someone else down builds you up?” - Sean Covey

Each Saturday, I am going to post about something I’ve been studying in Scripture. This is the second of a series of posts delving into the topic of jealousy. In the first, I outlined how jealousy starts with fear, leads to anger, and eventually to some pretty destructive sin. Let’s look at the relationship between […]

Filed Under: + Not of This World, Faith & Culture · Tagged With: 1 Samuel, David, jealousy, Jonathan, Saul

Jealousy – Part 1

February 13, 2014 By Wendy Willard · 1 Comment ·

Jealousy: Part 1

This is the first in a series of Saturday posts about dealing with jealousy, based on a talk I gave to high school students about this destructive emotion. Moving to another culture can make you feel a whole slew of things you might not have even known existed in your emotional vocabulary. Often, when new […]

Filed Under: + Not of This World, Faith & Culture · Tagged With: David, jealousy, Jonathan, Saul

Social Media Quicksand

January 11, 2014 By Wendy Willard · Leave a Comment ·

For the past few months, I’ve been thinking a lot about distractions. Specifically, I’ve been pondering what distracts me from my primary goals. When I hone in on exactly what I’m doing here, it all boils down to two main goals: I want to live my life in such a way as to honor, obey, […]

Filed Under: + Not of This World · Tagged With: electronic babysitter, facebook, NOTW, social media

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