Rocks, Rivers, Gold and Faith

By Scott Downing

Published: February 10, 2010

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/Christian News/ — There is a confluence of the Yuba and Downie rivers in Downieville, California. The waters sweep over rocks creating hydraulics and there is more than one risky horizon line to navigate. “There’s gold in them there hills” is not a quaint quote from bygone days: dredges and sluice boxes work [...]

Autumn Flowers – The Journey Forward to Innocence in Christ

By Robert Mann

Published: January 31, 2010

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/Christian News/ — So many people have a longing for the wonder and freedom of childhood. Something as simple as a bare tree against a gray autumn sky can fill a child’s mind with music, mystery and expectation. The thin white eyebrow over a blue jay’s eye becomes a treasure to store in the imagination. [...]

5 Keys to Spiritual Maturity

By Paula Marolewski

Published: November 8, 2009

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/Christian News/ — Spiritual maturity, or spiritual formation, is God’s call to every believer (Ephesians 4:11-16). We are “no longer to be children,” but are to “grow up in all aspects into him who is the head, even Christ” (Ephesians 4:14-15).
Five key areas are essential to the development of spiritual maturity:
First, biblical knowledge. No verse [...]