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God does not necessarily place his stamp of approval on our actions when he uses them in a positive way. We do not absolve ourselves of responsibility if, in his providence, God uses our unwise or sinful actions to bring about positive results. This is a good word from Tim Challies on pragmatism. This has been on my mind for the last couple of months in the form of finances and how we manage them. I was thinking through conversations that go something like this: well, we dont have enough money to cover our needs for the month but God will provide...and He does. Then that moves over to:  well, its ok if I add expenses that aren't needs because God will provide for my needs. And He does. But now the question comes in: is this pragmatism? There are many scriptures on how we are to handle our money. Is it a good thing to just spend (even if we rationalize and justify that what we are spending on is a "need") because we know God will provide? Am I really doubting God if I am

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Taking Dominion – Justin Taylor Robert Sagers:  What does it mean to be a man of dominion? Mark Chanski:  A man of dominion seeks to boldly subdue and rule over the circumstances of his life, instead of passively permitting the circumstances of his life to subdue and rule over him. He dominates his environment instead of letting his environment dominate him. The cornerstone passage is the Dominion Mandate found in  Genesis 1:28 , the Lord’s first recorded words to his image bearing creatures: “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and  subdue  it; and  rule  over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky, and over everything living that moves on the earth.” God had just taken the chaos of a formless and void world, and in the space of six days, fashioned it into an orderly and “very good” creation. An image bearing man of dominion imitates his God. He  subdues  (brings into bondage, makes to serve him by force) and rules  (governs, reigns, and holds sway over) the sp