Gracious Tension by Andrea Calvert

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The Connection Between Desire & Discernment

The Connection Between Desire & Discernment

Hint: Avoiding desire can adversely affect discernment.

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Andrea Calvert
May 13, 2025
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Desire is an interesting word in the Christian faith. Often vilified because of it's sexual connotations, we link desire with "wrong" but that's not actually the case. According to the Cambridge dictionary desire means "to want something, especially strongly." Is it safe to paraphrase that as "to really, really want som…

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