I read an encouraging post this morning by Christian musician, Rebbecca St. James. In her post, she challenges students to be open with each other. Here is a snippet of what she said:
Hearts wide open before others. That’s a very cool thought! If we live with a purity of spirit we’ll have nothing to […]

1 Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good, For His lovingkindness is everlasting.  2 Give thanks to the God of gods, For His lovingkindness is everlasting.  3 Give thanks to the Lord of lords, For His lovingkindness is everlasting.  4 To Him who alone does great wonders, For His lovingkindness is everlasting;  5 […]

I talked to my mom on the phone this week and she mentioned that they youth group at my home church in Florida participated in a 30 hour Famine last weekend. She said that they group had a lock in where they spent much of the night praying for people around the world. The next […]

I heard a story on the radio this week where a lady referred to her current husband (# 3) as her first. She claimed that her previous two marriages were only trial runs and that you have to try spouses on until you find the one that fits.
The story immediately rubbed against my Christian values […]

It is true that Christians should be thankful every day of the year, but this week I want to publicly thank God for the following things in my life:

The gracious sacrifice of Jesus for my sins
A wonderful upbringing by parents that taught me to love God at an early age
My siblings, Laurie […]

I ran across a post today by Jake White that speaks of the woundesrous nature of God’s awesomness in relation to man. This is one of my favorite characteristics of God to meditate upon. Jake, in his post, references Psalm 8:3,4. What a wonderful passage!
“When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, […]

Hugh Heffner, the founder of Playboy, once said, “sex can sometimes, quite properly, be an end in itself.” Behind this statement is the belief that sexual activity is solely physical in nature. I am afraid that the same faulty thinking is what motivates the idea of “friends with benefits.” Many of you have asked about […]

This series is addressing the question, “How do you, as a believer, relate to God after unexplained pain associated with a personal tragedy?” In the first post, I suggested that we use Job as an example. In the second post, I laid out the importance of preaching the truths of Scripture to yourself in the […]

I was recently pointed to a post discussing the Christian’s response to the upcoming move The Golden Compass (thanks lew). In short, this movie is an adaption of the children’s book entitled, Northern Lights by author Philip Pullman. Although the movie is still in production and not due to be released until December, it’s already […]

In my previous post I introduced the story of Job to you. We saw how he serves as an example to all believers who face unexplained personal tragedy. Today, I want to cover the first of two principles that we can glean from Job’s response to the Lord: Preach the biblical truths to yourself.
When tragedy […]

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