I admit that I am about three or four decades behind; though my children would beg to differ.
I admit that I am about three or four decades behind; though my children would beg to differ.
What does it mean to live in the space between when we first come to know God at salvation and today? In other words, what does it mean to live the spiritual life in real life?
I miss standing and walking,
no pain screaming profanity;
medicine absorbing memory,
and I still can’t forget.
Too far is often where we end up, rushing back to the other end of the spectrum lest we be theologically whacked across the shin.
When we meet together with an attitude of humility, we can come together over our similarities and remember that we ultimately all desire the same things, whether we are rural, urban, or a mixture of both.
Facebook was driving me nuts, I was spending too much time on there, and I desperately wanted to devote my time and energy to other things.
What does God think of our tendency to move to a rain forest and pray for the rain to stop? Or move into an arid wilderness and pray for rain?
When all is said and done, a critical component of leadership is how to relate to people! One way to explore this critical aspect of leadership is through the lens of emotional intelligence.
May God’s blessing be on his faithful servant and on the family he loved and who loved him with devotion.
We only see the attributes of God that are directly named in the Scriptures we study most. And, these views of God are not endearing in their nature. Instead they are distancing, alienating characteristics.
Sometimes it is difficult to push through. Sometimes you shouldn’t push through; instead, you need to stop and rest. You can’t just push through the pain, hoping it will all go away.
With a warning that this is not an easy text to read or a subject to be taken lightly but a topic that demands the utmost sensitivity and pastoral care … here we go.
What if every church viewed the neighborhood right around her as their neighbors—the sphere God has placed them as an outpost for the kingdom of God?
I recommend the book to those experiencing divorce and those in ministries to such friends or groups, and I recommend it without reservation.
When I say we are under attack, I mean that we—the beloved and global people of God who long for restoration, who long to live in everlasting shalom—are up against the ropes.
Participation in short-term mission trips exposes church leaders to God’s work in the world we share.
The truth is that the gospel is both simple and complex, like a stained glass window with many different different colors. Each is beautiful itself, and when you stand back the whole is even more beautiful.
Lord, help us this Mother’s day
to recognize what is genuine, what is good.
Open our eyes to those hidden among us.
These crosses make an imaginative declaration of faith: through the cross we have given up our sins, entrusted our struggles to God, and submitted our identity markers to our identity in Christ.
Yes, the Bible uses the image or metaphor of “Father” to refer to God, but it is only an image; one way of communicating what God is like (a God that is neither male nor female).