Hope and Encouragement for Every Season
One of the strongest indicators of God’s existence is the consistent sense of morality found in the hearts of men from every culture, tribe, and nation. Thomas Aquinas, a Dominican priest and philosopher from the thirteenth century, introduced this moral argument as an observation to consider. He noted that men compare values and goodness in …
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Neighborhood social media sites have become both entertaining and quite disturbing. No longer just a place for neighbors to share information, battling ideologies brings out the worst in the keyboard warriors. A recent post included an article reminding Americans of the cost of Memorial Day, encouraging them to spend at least part of their day …
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I confess that my understanding of God can be trapped within a small box, contained by only what is written of Him in the Bible. His interactions with men make Him relatable to my life, as if it is a small thing for me to go to Him in prayer. The life of Jesus also …
Last week, a small core of six praying women met for the last time for this school year. Nearly every Thursday throughout the year, these women faithfully got together to go over the burdens and needs of the Christian school their children attended. I had the privilege of joining them, running straight over to teach …
What is a woman? In a post-Christian world, this query apparently stumps many who have spent their lives studying medicine and biology. However, my preschool and kindergarten friends understand perfectly what a woman is. Many little girls show me their baby dolls and excitedly tell me their plans to grow up to be a …
If you have ever entered church, barely putting one foot in front of another because of the swirl of out-of-your-control circumstances going on in your life, you have prioritized worship over fear of the unknown. If you have ever chosen to make your reason for going to church God alone, amid church hurt, you have …
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Birthdays have a way of making you reflect on your life. The bigger the number, the fewer birthdays are left to have in the future. This week, I thought that with how close Jesus’s return is, this very well could be the last one I celebrate. If so, what would I want to share as …
Corrie Ten Boom’s story resounds generations beyond her own. Yet, it is not Corrie’s story alone, for it was her sister Betsie who often encouraged her when Corrie had no will to continue in the pit of Ravensbrück. Together they dreamed of the day God would use their story to encourage others who suffered the …
5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you. Genesis 22:5 The very first time the word “worship” is used in the Bible is here, when Abraham prepares to lead his long-awaited son up …
Jacob’s story of wrestling for a blessing has always intrigued me. Why did he wrestle at this crisis point? What was he asking for? Why did God include this in Scripture for generation after generation to read? And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. …
His Song in the Night 