Can you obey the rules enough to please God? Is salvation really something that you don’t have to work for? Derek Prince talks about this in By Grace Alone: Finding Freedom ans Purging Legalism From Your Life. There are many people, Christians and non-Christians alike, that continue trying to earn salvation. Either by doing as […]
What is it like to be a member of an elite fighting force and still maintain your faith? What is it like to face danger, and not back down? Is it possible for God to take someone with a bad past and change them? Eric Blehm writes about someone like this in Fearless. Written about […]
I don’t believe in luck; it demands the existence of chance. Chance operates without God. Chance is a blind, uncaring force, which is why I can’t accept it. I am not the only one that shares that opinion of chance, Christians and non-Christians agree on that definition. That can lead to trouble when the subject […]
Chris Rice has a song called “Smell the Color 9.” The premise is that seeking God’s will can be like trying to smell the color nine; nine isn’t a color, and you can’t smell colors anyway (don’t make any wise cracks about scented markers, they don’t count). I can go along with that line of […]
Psalm 118 is titled “Thanksgiving for Victory.” Though this was probably a battle or some other type of opposition, it raises a question in my mind of how thankful am I when God keeps me from doing wrong? We’ve all been there, you want to do something, you have a good idea you shouldn’t, but […]
The Hunger Games trilogy has become very popular in book and movie format. People will recognize it when you mention it. Most find it very entertaining, but is that all it’s good for? In Finding God in the Hunger Games, Selena Sarns explores object lessons you can find in the trilogy. Using scenes and events […]
Sometimes, my posts are based on the title. The title comes up, and then a post may flow from that. That is pretty rare. Most of the time, there is a concept in place, and it gets fleshed out. This is not one of those times. I haven’t written in a while, but it wasn’t […]
There is a gap in history between the Old and New Testaments. What happened during those 400 years, and why does life in Jerusalem vary so much after that gap? Dr. William H. Marty answers that in The World of Jesus: Making Sense of the People and Places of Jesus’ Day. Finishing Malachi and starting […]
We all know someone, or know of someone, that likes to push the envelope when it comes to rules. They know the rules, but, for some reason or another, they like to see how far they can go. Many times, they have a tough exterior, and don’t want to be attached to anything or anyone. […]
So you go to church every week, read the Bible and pray daily, you do all the things Christians do. But, what if you had it wrong, what if there was something you missed? Mark E. Donnelly goes through what he learned in Rude Awakening: What If Everything You Thought Was Right Was Wrong? After […]
