Possible Hardships Ahead
We often treat our spiritual journey as if we are buying a new car—excited, prepared, ready to drive off and enjoy it. But it doesn’t
We often treat our spiritual journey as if we are buying a new car—excited, prepared, ready to drive off and enjoy it. But it doesn’t
William Carey is an example of someone who make a career change to full-time ministry. This is not to say that all believers must be
At the end of the film Paterson (directed by Jim Jarmusch, Bleecker Street, 2016), the protagonist has given up his dreams of being a poet.
The process of God empowering us as he calls us is like a father helping his young son learn a trade skill, like carpentry. The
We desire to be changed and to follow God’s way of living. That transformation comes through being trained (discipled) in his ways. If you have
Drum majors are tasked with keeping an entire marching band in step and on the beat. Drum majors keep themselves visible to limit confusion. If
In the novel The Secret History by Donna Tartt, a group of affluent college students decide to murder a close friend of theirs. As the
The commandment to honor your father and mother of course gets tricky when you have abusive or manipulative parents. It is important to read the
An idol is something you create, and it is something you worship. It can be a person. It can be an object. It can be
There was a man who lived across the street from an abandoned home. Every spring the most beautiful daffodils and tulips would bloom in the
“So Abram went, as the LORD had told him” ( Genesis 12:4). This is the demonstration of faith that the author of Hebrews, as well
It is amazing how God has hardwired our brains and bodies to even function in ways that reward us following him.
A 2014 study from Ligonier Ministries found: “Just under half of Americans (45 percent) say there are many ways to heaven—which conflicts with traditional views