The Father Creation, Father, Identity, Jesus, space, Time In season 3 of the television series Gilmore Girls, Jess has never met his father. When he is a senior in high school, his… READ MORE
Identity actions of Christ, Character, groot, History, Identity, Personhood In the Guardians of the Galaxy movie series (directed by James Gunn, Marvel Studios, 2014–23), Groot is a character of few words. In fact,… READ MORE
Personal Rank Identity, Purpose, ranking, unique nature “There are 13 enlisted Army ranks: private, private second class, private first class, specialist, corporal, sergeant, staff sergeant, sergeant first class, master sergeant, first… READ MORE
Making A Statement Destiny, Donkey, Identity, Jesus' Mission, Mission One could say that in entering Jerusalem on a donkey, Jesus was making a statement. On October 16, 1968, the same year that MLK… READ MORE
Finding An Identity Disciples, Discipleship, Identity, Identity in Christ, Spiritual Identity In the novel Taran Wanderer, Taran is an orphan who doesn’t know his heritage. He sets out on a quest to discover who he is, and… READ MORE
Identity Theft Identity, Identity in Christ, Protection, Safe Here’s a story about a man so confident that he wouldn’t get his identity stolen that he shared his Social Security number with whomever… READ MORE
Struggling With Identity Christian Life, Identity, Identity in Christ, Truth Humans are the only part of creation that struggle with identity. A tomato vine doesn’t assume it is a pine tree or struggle with… READ MORE
Introductions Identity, Identity in Christ, Loving Others, Value Consider how you introduce yourself to someone new. In many cultures, we begin with our name, then describe ourselves based on what we feel… READ MORE
Kingdom Chores Family of God, Identity, Kingdom of God, Kingdom of Heaven, Serving God, Serving Others Imagine your own family. Did your children—whether born into your family or adopted—do anything to earn their place, to convince you to care for… READ MORE
Total Adoption Adoption, Children of God, God Our Father, Identity, Love, Salvation God chose you—he knew what you’d be like, warts and all, and he chose you out of love to be his child. 4. But… READ MORE
Remember Who You Are Character, Confusion, Identity, Identity in Christ Not remembering who you are or whose you are can easily lead to things you see as good being turned for evil. In the… READ MORE
Mistaken Identity Honesty, Identity, Identity in Christ, The Heart, Transparency Operating under mistaken identity can lead to poor decisions. In the “Alone” episode of House (season 4, episode 1, directed by Deran Serafian, aired… READ MORE
Too Close To See Gospels, Identity, Jesus, Mark, Messiah, Recognize, Unrecognized Jesus, the Son of Man as portrayed in Mark 6:1–6, let Mark’s readers know that even he had those most familiar with him bring… READ MORE
Tip Of The Iceberg Character, Identity, Integrity, Invisible, The Heart, Visibile “The tip of the iceberg” refers to the reality that the majority of an iceberg lies below the surface. This is impressive when you… READ MORE
Lean On The Truth Confidence, Forgiveness, God's Love, Grace, Identity, Identity in Christ, Mistakes, Truth Have you ever made a mistake at work? Maybe it was a day that you were just off or were having a bad day…. READ MORE
Consumed Colossians 3:2, Consumed, Ephesians 4:29, Focus, Hebrews 12:1-2, Identity, Matthew 6:33, Philippians 4:8-9, Priorities, Proverbs 4:25, Putting God First, Relationship with God, Romans 12:1-2, Thoughts In the Bible, we read about how the Israelites were to love God wholeheartedly, in order to know him intimately, which we see is… READ MORE
Takers 1 Timothy 3:5, Acts 10:34, Compassion, Deuteronomy 10:17, Dignity, Favoritism, Galatians 3:28, Galatians 6:2, Identity, Image, Image Bearers, Imago Dei, James 2:1-26, James 2:9, James 3:17, Personhood, Romans 2:11, Stealing Most of couldn’t imagine physically robbing other people of their possessions. Yet, many times we fail to consider that we are capable of stealing… READ MORE
Recognition 1 Corinthians 11:1-2, 1 Peter 2:9, 2 Corinthians 3:18, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Character, Christ's Example, Christian Life, Christlikeness, Ephesians 5:1, Faith, Fruit, Galatians 2:20, Identity, Recognition, Relationship with God, Romans 12:1-2, Romans 8:29 Do you have facial recognition on your phone? This technology allows you to unlock your phone based on the particulars of your face, in… READ MORE
Spiritual Identity 1 John 3:1, 1 John 3:10, Children of God, Daughters, Galatians 3:26, Identity, John 1:12, Matthew 5:9, Romans 8:16, Romans 8:17, Sons, Spiritual Identity Knowing what the Scriptures proclaim about our identity as sons and daughters of God is vital to our Christian life. When we know the… READ MORE
Battles We Continue To Fight 1 Corinthians 10:13, 1 John 4:4, 1 Thessalonians 5:23, 2 Corinthians 12:9-10, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Battle, Galatians 2:20, Identity, New Life, Now And Not Yet, Philippians 2:13, Romans 7, Romans 8:1, Salvation, Sanctification, Sinful Nature, Struggles With Sin Romans 6:8-14 captures the central tension of the Christian life on earth: we have died to sin, but we still sin. Why do we… READ MORE
