Transformed fulfilling, like Jesus, potential, Transformation The prevalence of makeover shows, whether focusing on a house, a car, a barn, a yard, or a person, speaks to our innate desire… READ MORE
The Holy Spirits Transforming Power ALone, Holy Spirit, Stress, Transformation The podcast Radiolab featured a story about competitive bikepacking, a sport inwhich participants must backpack on a bike, across hundreds of miles, while inisolation… READ MORE
Trusting God’s Presence God's presence, Prayer, The Presence of God, Transformation, Transformation in Prayer, Trusting God Scotty Smith reflects on the beauty of trusting God’s presence and our transformation in a prayer. He speaks of how we need to learn… READ MORE
Power Of Prayer God's power, God's Will, Prayer, Praying, Transformation, Tribulation It’s a Wonderful Life (directed by Frank Capra [Paramount Pictures, 1946]) is a story about the power of prayer. The beginning of the film… READ MORE
Nelson Mandela on Humility Humble, Humility, Leadership, Pride, Transformation In 2000, Oprah Winfrey interviewed Nelson Mandela on the topic of humility. Mandela claimed that inner humility is the only means by which we… READ MORE
High-Frequency Hearing Authenticity, Change, Growth, Learning, Transformation Authentic believers intently observe God’s Word, move to learn the most they can from it, and are changed. This part of living the life… READ MORE
Forgotten Reflection Change, God's Law, Self-Evaluation, Self-Examination, Transformation James compares the hearer of the Word to someone who looks into a mirror, and when he walks away he forgets his reflection. He… READ MORE
Transformed By Love Change, God's Love, Love, Loving Others, Transformation A good modern example of a character transformed by love is Tony Stark in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. When we first meet Tony in Iron… READ MORE
Celebrating Change Celebration, Change, Scrooge, Transformation We have short memories of poor, wretched Ebenezer Scrooge. Here was a fallen man in desperate need of redemption, with absolutely no desire to… READ MORE
Obedience Transforms Us C.S. Lewis, Obedience, Submission, Transformation, Trusting God In The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, C.S. Lewis tells the story o fEustace Scrubb, who turns into a dragon as the result of… READ MORE
Empowered Change, Empowered, habits, The Holy Spirit, The Spirit, Transformation The Spirit strengthens us and enables our actions. Without him, we cannot do anything good. Think of a blender that needs to be plugged… READ MORE
Reading Your Bible God's Purpose, Guidance, Scripture, The Bible, Transformation As N. T. Wright notes, “The Bible isn’t there simply to be an accurate reference point for people who want to look things up and… READ MORE
Inside Out Change, Fruit, Sanctification, The Heart, Transformation Everyone knows that you don’t eat bananas until they turn yellow. The internal transformation of the fruit inside the peel is what causes the… READ MORE
Trained For Godliness Following Jesus, Godliness, Sanctification, Transformation We want to be changed to follow God’s way of living. That transformation comes through being trained (discipled) in his ways. If you’ve ever… READ MORE
Learning to Be Children of God Children of God, Guidance, Salvation, Sanctification, The Holy Spirit, Transformation A feral child is someone who, usually at a very young age and for various reasons (most of them bad), ends up isolated and… READ MORE
The Blind Side Adoption, Forgiveness, Justification, Peace, Salvation, Transformation This real-life story is the basis of the movie The Blind Side, in which a young troubled teen (Michael Oher) is adopted into a… READ MORE
Inside Out God's Saving Grace, Grace, Peace, Redeem, Redeemed, Redemption, Salvation, Transformation Sometimes good news comes from the most unlikely source. In the movie Inside Out, Riley decides to run away from home but is stopped… READ MORE
Renewed Renewal, Renewed, Romans 12, The mind, Thoughts, Transformation In Romans 12:1-2, the Apostle Paul admonishes his audience to think differently, to set our minds differently (v. 2), and to “put on the… READ MORE
Spiritual Renovation Renovation, Restoration, Salvation, The Heart, Transformation “Bruce Campbell lives in an airplane. Yes, an actual jet. The Portland-based aeronautics enthusiast makes his home in a converted Boeing 727 that was… READ MORE
Empowered Transformation Change, Power, Regeneration, Strength, The Holy Spirit, Transformation If you’ve ever watched a makeover show on a morning talk show, or even something like The Biggest Loser, you know that people always… READ MORE
