Tag: Jesus Christ

Billy Graham went home this morning to be with his Lord and Savior. A hero of the faith. What a long, accomplished, faithful life he led for almost a century. What a gift he has been to our world. On the way to Bible study this morning my mind wandered...

I recently read Addie Zierman’s book, When We Were on Fire: A Memoir of Consuming Faith, Tangled Love, and Starting Over. I adore Addie. She writes with such warmth. And though there is a slight difference in age between us, our stories are very similar. We both grew up fully immersed in...

Five weeks ago, I started my second annual summer vanity fast. Woo hoo! Not vanityfest mind you, . . . . vanity FAST!  (a very important distinction, indeed) What is a vanity FAST, you might ask? Instead of giving up food, I am giving up makeup for five weeks. Vanity is an...

I deal with a lot of spiritual warfare. Day in and day out I fight. Lies and accusations come hurling toward me like arrows over a castle wall. The enemy knows just where to aim to penetrate my defenses. I often think of the 80’s song, Love is a Battlefield, by...

Atheists who argue that God doesn’t exist assume that a human being could have made up the God of the Bible. I disagree. I have heard many arguments for the existence of God. However, I have never heard the argument I would make. My argument is that we NEVER...

Suburban America is the easiest place to fall asleep in our faith. The American Dream breeds comfort. And, comfort breeds complacency. People are so busy dreaming the American Dream, fantasizing about what they could be or have a right to be, that they’re all asleep at the switch. –...

“I can’t tell you the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everyone.” ~Ed Sheeran Recently, I challenged a friend of mine to brake the chains of the ‘shoulds’ in her life. She, like most of us, was overcommitted, overwhelmed, and stressed out. Most of her time was...

One of the toughest parts of an active and effective Christian life is facing spiritual battles. Our faith grows as we learn more of God’s Word, increase our prayer life and serve others.  We draw near to Him through bible studies and church fellowship. We seek to imitate Jesus’s life by...

“Have you renounced all confidence in your own moral or religious efforts and turned in faith completely to Jesus to be clothed with His righteousness? If so, you do have eternal life. But do you have it to the full? Are you experiencing both the peace of God that...

I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. He put a new song in...