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What’s the Name of Your Golden Calf?

Posted by Carla Alvarez | Jun 2, 2021 | The Walk | 0 |

When We Count the Days: Mental Health Bible Verses

Posted by Carla Alvarez | Apr 16, 2020 | The Walk | 2 |

Who is Jesus to You?

Posted by Carla Alvarez | Jul 25, 2016 | The Walk | 2 |

Reason vs Revelation: How God Speaks

by Carla Alvarez | Sep 6, 2022 | The Walk | 0

“Can’t they just look it up?” This is was the response to my comment on a contributor’s essay that...

Called by God: The Call is Not the Qualifying

by Carla Alvarez | Aug 30, 2022 | The Walk | 0

The call is not the qualifying. What does that mean? At times you may hear someone say, “I’ve been...

Job and His Dragon at An Unexpected Journal

by Carla Alvarez | Jun 8, 2022 | The Walk | 0

Job and His Dragon at An Unexpected Journal Most of my 2021 was spent in the study of the Book of...

What does the Bible say about as a man thinketh?

by Carla Alvarez | May 3, 2022 | The Walk | 3

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What does “as a man thinks, so he is” mean? Today we are starting a Bible study series on the 10 most misunderstood Bible verses. “As a man think, so he is” is an actual verse, or at least part of a verse, but it is one of the most understood passages in the Bible today.

The popular (and wrong) understanding of Proverbs 23:7 focuses on the first half of the verse, “For as he [a man] thinks in his heart, so is he.” I have seen a number of New Age, pagan, and even some Christian teachers take this verse and says that it refers to the “power of mind,” connecting it to affirmations and the claim that we can manifest our own reality. Sometimes the phrase is shorten to “as a man thinks, so he is.” If we only took the King James Version translation (and NKJV), we can see how people might think that this verse supports New Thought beliefs.

Is Easter Pagan?

by Carla Alvarez | Apr 15, 2022 | The Walk | 0

Is Easter pagan? You will see that claim come up. Sometimes it is made by skeptics. Sometimes it...

Honoring God with Your Finances?

by Carla Alvarez | Mar 8, 2022 | The Walk | 0

Recently while preparing for a sermon on God and finances, a friend asked for input. I shared a...

What Can the Past Tell Us About the Present?

by Carla Alvarez | Sep 26, 2021 | The Walk | 0

We like to think that we in the twenty-first century are a modern and advanced society. We may be technologically advanced, but I think what has been on display in the past few years is how much we have regressed as a people....