Making Every Effort: Responding to God’s Promises
Did you know that you can grow in grace and peace as you grow in the knowledge of God? Did you also know that in order to grow as a Christian, we have to make the effort to walk in…
Resting and Wrestling
Living with Grace in the Tension Between Defining Grace “And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.” I Peter 5:10 ESV I…
Marriage: Being All In
Before I begin this last post in my marriage series, I want to be sure to reiterate that the love in I Corinthians 13 is agápē, meaning love, affection, or benevolence. I John 4:8 says that God is love. So, an…
Marriage: Humility in Action
In this fourth post on marriage, we will look at the character of God that was perfectly illustrated through the submission of Christ to carry out the Father’s will, leaving Heaven, humbling Himself as a man, and bearing the weight…
Marriage: When Envy Destroys Trust
For many years I was a stay-at-home/homeschooling mom. During this time, there were days my husband traveled for work that felt endlessly tiresome. When my husband would call or send pictures of what he was experiencing without me, all I…
Marriage: Mirroring the Kindness of God
Biblical Kindness Defined Kindness: to show one’s self mild, fit for use, manageable, virtuous, and good. The most interesting definition means to show oneself useful. (Strong’s/Vines) Our world and many Christians today have a disdain for the biblical concepts of…
Marriage: What it looks like to “suffer long”
The meaning of long-suffering in I Corinthians 13:4 is that love is “long-tempered” or “long of mind or soul”. The Vines Expository Dictionary of the NT defines it as follows: “to be patient, longsuffering, to bear with,” lit., “to be…
Pursuing Truth through the Grace of Admonition
As a writer, I pay attention. I spend much of my time looking at the world, how people behave, what they are struggling with, and how I fit into it all from a Christian perspective. Everything gets filtered through my…
How my Walk of Shame Led me to Embrace Courage
Walking through the crowded, college cafeteria as students devoured their lunches after a long morning of classes, I sensed something was off. I was not a popular girl by any stretch of the imagination, and I was definitely garnering unprecedented…
Fear, Mob Mentality, and the Believer’s Response: A Lesson From Acts
After an insurrection was mounted on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, I woke up feeling heavy the following morning. I opened my Bible app first thing and began to prepare my mind for a new day. My yearly…