... it, your spirit detects that something is wrong in that home. The first step to understanding discernment is to understand the motive which is essential for employing it. In 1 Kings 3:9, ... nor have asked riches for yourself, nor have you asked for the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself discernment to understand justice, behold, I have done according to your words. Behold, I have ...

... it applies to these spheres involves us in a need to understand ‘discernment’ – what it is, how to cultivate it, what interferes with it, and how to stabilize it ... only’ way has grave consequences for life or is reprehensible in some way. Discernment, when present, conveys to us that there is another way, and that what appears to be a necessity, is often not. The capacity ...

... discernment's primary concern with the truth of God, he moves on to explaining how discernment relates to the will of God, which is founded on and inseparable from what is true about Him. I can ... We choose on the basis of what we know about the character of God. He gives us the gifts of wisdom and discernment to make decisions that honor him. With our knowledge of the truth we are equipped to ...

I'm once again deep in discernment. I have an opportunity for a retreat in April, which I must apply for by the middle of this month--if I am accepted, I will be informed by mid-December. What a Christmas gift that would be! Part ... here, if this trend continues. WHich may be God's leading to remain...or of gently telling me, "it's time to move on." Yes. Discernment continues.

... Evangelical Education Society (EES) to do some work with Young Adult groups around discernment -- helping people explore the meaning and purpose of their lives ... "blogspot" framework. You can tell if you've followed these postings that the practice of discernment has been very important to me in my writing and teaching. Feedback would be very welcome if anyone feels like weighing in ...

Below will be a video of Justin Peters. You could call it a preview of " A Call for Discernment - Exposing the False Teachers of the Word of Faith Movement." It is a DVD that will give you a pretty good idea about why discernment is so important, and of the dangers of false teachers. Justin did his thesis for his masters degree on this very subject. ...

Over Halloween weekend, the Pepperdine University Chaplain's Office and the Center for Faith and Learning sponsored 35 Seaver College juniors and seniors to attend a spiritual discernment retreat in Santa Barbara, California. The theme of the fall retreat was "Why Work? Discerning Your Place in God's Plan to Mend the Universe."

... brought these kinds of decisions to the church community, and not only asked people to pray for us, but also submitted to their questions and wisdom? What if we submitted to a circle of discernment where others in our community, who love us and want God’s best for us, could ask questions that cause us to reflect on things we might not otherwise think of when making the decision? What if we ...

... with four dialogue partners: Scripture, Theology, Tradition and Culture. Each “Discernment “ segment will be comprised of the following: an appropriate movie (or shorts), explorative and informative ... Sunday’s sermon) Gender Identity: LGBT ConcernsWHO: All are welcome to this process of discernment; discussion from all angles is expected, with scripture, tradition, and culture as ...

... critical truths for us to consider as Christians.  He makes a case that we need to engage with culture with discernment, not just blindly drinking in what the culture pours into our televisions, movie theaters, radios and the internet.  ... offers this interesting statement, "I strongly believe that the highest aesthetic pleasure is the pleasure of biblical-critical discernment" (p. 333).