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What are you thankful for this Thanksgiving that you couldn’t have been thankful for last Thanksgiving?

with 7 comments by Dee Brestin

This is a question that always seems to work at our Thanksgiving table for going around. Even unbelievers can come up with an answer -- and more mature believers might ...

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Christy — will you let Jesus save you from relational idolatry?

with 21 comments by Dee Brestin

Christy's first counseling session turned the light on for her, with this discussion: "Christy -- do you have a Savior?" Of course -- I've known Jesus since I was a ...

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Why do so many Christians resist counseling?

with 32 comments by Dee Brestin

We're continuing Christy's story from past posts where we've been getting your wonderful input. When Christy's friends realized she had a pattern of unhealthy friendships, one particular friend gave her ...

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What are the red flags that a friendship is not healthy?

with 45 comments by Dee Brestin

I'm continuing Christy's story from the past post, as there has been so much interest -- she provides a wonderful model for us in getting healthy. In The Song of ...

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How do you know if a friendship is unhealthy?

with 12 comments by Dee Brestin

I'd like to take the blog on a related rabbit trail from The Song of Songs for a number of reasons. The heart of the Song of Songs is a ...

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Is the “Bride” in the Song of Songs to be interpreted as an individual or as the whole body of Christ?

with 21 comments by Dee Brestin

Before we look at verses in which the Bridegroom is describing the Bride, we need to consider if the Bride is an individual or the whole body of Christ. Throughout ...

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Why should I be like a veiled woman?

with 18 comments by Dee Brestin

In the Song of Songs, the Shulammite wants to find the "one her soul loves." She asks, in the NIV translation of Song of Songs 1:7 "Why should I ...

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Where can the One whom my soul loves be found?

with 13 comments by Dee Brestin

Richard Wurmbrund, who is well known for his work with Voice of the Martyrs and who suffered torture and imprisonment for his faith in Christ in Romania, has written a ...

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I have found the One whom my soul loves

with 18 comments by Dee Brestin

I know the greatest area of growth for me since Steve died, five years ago this month, is greater intimacy with Jesus. I've been so convicted by Tim Keller's sermons ...

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“Dark, but lovely” — how does this impact you today?

with 8 comments by Dee Brestin

Unless you've had an "earthquake" experience, like Isaiah did (Isaiah 6) when he saw the Lord, lifted up and holy, and said, "Woe is me, I am a man of ...

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What do you remember about your first love time with Jesus?

with 14 comments by Dee Brestin

The Song of Songs opens with a euphoric maiden in her first love time. How I remember my first love time with Steve. This picture is from our second date ...

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What does His name mean to you?

with 7 comments by Dee Brestin

His name is like fragrance poured outNow, in the Song of Songs, we are told "pleasing is the fragrance of your perfumes; your name is like perfume poured out." Fragrance ...

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What does “your love is better than wine” mean?

with 24 comments by Dee Brestin

The Song of Songs begins with "let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth." Most of us can remember the longing we had to be kissed by the ...

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Tell us how you’ve been kissed recently!

with 11 comments by Dee Brestin

The Song of Songs opens with "Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth." We understand what this means on an earthly level -- but what does it ...

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IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT SEX

with 4 comments by Dee Brestin

Why do preachers and writers today think The Song of Songs is just about marriage, just about sex? Great preachers up until fifty years ago knew better. Charles Spurgeon said ...