Why is it important to interpret our life and see events we've experienced through God's eyes? How did God use the Lord of the Rings movies to speak to me on this very subject? Read on to find out more. Why is it important to interpret life through…
**This post contains affiliate links. Please see my disclosure page for more information.** Testimonies. Whether you enjoy speaking in front of others or it fills you with dread, at some point or other we all end up having to give one in our Christian walk. You might even find yourself sharing in…
During the famous Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5:3, Jesus says "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." What does it mean to be poor in spirit? A quick answer to that question, as most scholars have understood it, is that we acknowledge…
**This post contains affiliate links. Please see my disclosure page for more information.** There are times in our lives as Christians when we find ourselves in a spiritually barren desert place. We don’t feel that our lives are bearing much fruit, and everything feels dry. This may be the result of…
Throughout the New Testament, there are numerous references to the poor. Many of these are found in the Gospel of Luke alone. The Greek word used here is πτωχός (ptochόs). This refers both to those who is financially and economically poor, and those who are spiritually poor. Luke's Gospel is full of examples…
I don't know about you, but often in life I feel like I'm going one step forwards and then 3 steps back. As soon as I think I'm finally beginning to make progress, any of that progress seems to be quickly undone. Then I find that I'm further away from…
For nearly the last 70 years in the Peanuts comic strip, Charlie Brown has endured frustration at the hands of his friend Lucy. Every Autumn, she offers to let him kick her football, but at the last moment as he charges in, she swoops the football away…