491 years ago today, a certain German monk by the name of Martin Luther nailed up 95 Theses on the doors of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany.
Simply stated, we do nothing to make ourselves right with God. We don’t work towards salvation. Only God makes us holy. Only God makes us pure. Only God [...]
Prophetic love often feels painful. It hurts when prophets tell us we have sinned. If prophets let that short term fall in popularity govern their words they are false prophets. And they do not love people, they love themselves. Here is what prophetic love would have looked like in Jerusalem before it was too late.
Lamentations [...]
Jesus Christ said in:
John 12:27-28 (ESV) “Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? But for this purpose I have come to this hour. Father, glorify your name.” …
This is the breaking point of Christ as He goes from earthly ministry of teaching, healing, preaching and counseling [...]
This book was supposed to help me understand the Trinity.
Seriously?
If I would take this book to heart, it would only serve to obscure my understanding of the Trinity.
To be honest, I never finished the book.
Why?
I couldn’t get past the imagery of God the Father.
Not the resulting imagery, mind you, but the fact there is an [...]
Whom have I in heaven but You?
And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides You.
That even when my flesh
my heart
my soul
my mind
my friends
my parents
my children
my grandchildren
my wife
my husband
my church
my ministries
my mentors
my partners
my bosses
my shepherds
my leaders
my people
my country
my president
… have and will fail, stumble and fall over and over and over again…
Through it all, [...]
The life and testimony of Fatima bint Mohamed bin Uthman Al-Mutairi, a 26-year-old Saudi woman who was killed by her own brother in August 2008 because she followed Jesus Christ.
Fatima loved her Savior enough to die for His name. She loved her family enough to proclaim the truth to them, despite the terror and danger. [...]
Do I dig into Scripture and seek out where God dictated where one falls in love like when Jacob saw Rachel in Genesis 29:10?
Is it when God instructs us to hold off on marriage for the moment like He did in Jeremiah 16:1-2?
Is it when God tells us to marry this one like He did [...]