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If I could have visited Joseph about 6 months into his prison sentence, I would have asked him if he still believed God's promises.
"Joseph, what do you make of all those dreams God gave you when yo...
Hope is traditionally the first word we reflect on during advent. If you use colored candles for your advent celebration, hope is represented by one of 3 purple candles.
Here is a devotion you can do...
It's 2 days til Thanksgiving, and while some people usher in the holiday season the minute they sweep out the trick or treaters, I consider Thanksgiving the beginning of the holidays and my anniversar...
If there's one thing that this "deep dive" has given me, it's an entirely new understanding of the Father in Jesus' story. Where I once thought Jesus was simply telling of how an entitled son made a r...
When I wrote Spiritual Warfare for Women, I said a lot of things I knew were true, but hadn't yet experienced the full weight of their truth. Like this, the first sentence in the Introduction:
"I a...
One of mine and Tom’s favorite lines in a movie is the one Roy Miller (played by Tom Cruise) relayed to June Havens (played by Cameron Diaz) in Knight and Day.
Many times Tom a...
The Psalmist wrote this,
You have searched me, Lord,
and you know me.
2 You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.
3 You discern my going out and my lying down;
...
Here's a question for us!
Did God create the devil?
I mean, if God is good, and everything He does is good; and if God created everything, did He create the devil? And how could that be good?
Thes...
It's camp season as I write this blog. I'm headed to middle school camp with our church youth group this coming Friday as a cabin counselor! I've not served in this role in many many years. But grandd...
Last week I wrote a blog post explaining the reality of hell, and how people end up there. This week I'm going to conclude that post by sharing the answer to these 2 very good questions I've been aske...
There are times that my prayers aren't very nice. I'll be the first to admit that I sometimes forget myself when I blurt out the first thing on my mind (or rather on my heart); especially when things ...
In my previous post, I shared excerpts from 3 articles that support this statement: Grace is irresistible.
In this post I'm going to discuss how a theology of irresistible grace affects our understan...
