Beating Foreman Being Used By God, Faith, Small, Weakness We like underdog stories—stories where the smallest person stands up to a bully, or when the odds are stacked against a group of people… READ MORE
Freedom In Surrender Freedom, Grace, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Life, Surrender, Weakness We can learn an important lesson about the spiritual life through the Chinese Finger Trap. It is constructed simply of woven paper, but when… READ MORE
Embracing Resistance Challenges, Growth, Resistance, Strength, Tests, Weakness According to medical research, “muscle size increases when a person continually challenges the muscles to deal with higher levels of resistance or weight. This… READ MORE
Embracing Weakness Christian Life, Dependence, Dependence On God, Trusting God, Weakness “The ‘Achilles’ heel,’ as it’s called today, has become one of the most popular idioms in Western culture. It refers to a person’s point… READ MORE
Derek Redman Dependence On God, Faithfulness, God's Faithfulness, Struggle, Struggles, Trials, Trusting God, Weakness, Weaknesses During the 1992 Olympic Games, runner Derek Redman was injured as he rounded the final turn and was unable to complete his race, until… READ MORE
Always a Bigger Fish God's power, Perception, Power, Power of Jesus, Strength, Weakness In a scene in The Phantom Menace, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Qui-Gon Jinn escape the clutches of a giant fish when it is suddenly eaten… READ MORE
Imposter Syndrome 2 Corinthians 12:10, 2 Corinthians 12:9, Calling, Dependence, Exodus 3:1-17, Fear, God's Strength, Inadequacy, Insecurity, Jeremiah 1:4-19, Jeremiah 29:11, Psalm 147:10-11, Romans 8:26, Sufficiency, Weakness Have you ever heard of “imposter syndrome”? It’s the persistent fear of being secretly incompetent or inadequate for your job. A lot of us… READ MORE
God’s Suffering 1 Corinthians 15:3, Acts 3:18, Hebrews 13:11-12, Isaiah 53:3-12, Love, Luke 17:25, Omnipotence, Power, Powerlessness, Sovereignty, Strength, Suffering, Support, Sympathy, Weakness One of the 20th century heroes of our faith is Dietrich Bonhoeffer. He was a German pastor who led several efforts to condemn, resist,… READ MORE