Sometimes people say things that hurt us… At times a person may say hurtful things on purpose, but a lot of times we perceive words to be hurtful when that was not their original intent. Albert Mehrabian estimated that 93% of our communication is non-verbal. That means only 7% of what we communicate comes from…
Read more
“Following Jesus” can be a phrase that Christians tend to throw around a lot. For those who are not from a Christian background, it may sound like a suggestion to just follow some dead guy’s teachings. For those who are from a Christian background, it may sound like a suggestion to just follow Jesus’ example.…
Read more
Did They Really Walk Away? A couple weeks ago Joshua Harris decided to walk away from God and no longer considers himself a Christian. The man who wrote “I Kissed Dating Goodbye” and influenced my generation in purity and relationships has now kissed his marriage goodbye and renounced his belief in God. How is this…
Read more
Disclaimer: In order to discuss curse words, it was necessary to use some. I hope you understand the heart behind it. Curse words are an interesting anomaly. People can say the same word in a variety of contexts and mean all sorts of things. We’ve all heard the F-word used this way. Someone could say,…
Read more
June is LGBT+ Pride Month and with it comes a lot of media attention. There are LGBT+ pride parades and rainbow flags everywhere you look! Many organizations have even altered their normal brand logos with rainbow colors for the month in support. On the flip side, many individuals have opposed the LGBT+ movement. Some have…
Read more
There is a lot of hate out there… those of us who follow the news or interact with the social media world see it daily. Unfortunately, that hate is spilling over into our own personal engagements. Sometimes we realize this in time, and other times we say things that we regret or get hurt ourselves.…
Read more
Recently I read through the Book of Job from the Bible. One can’t help but read this book and finish it with a lot of questions. In the beginning there is a guy named Job, who is a righteous man and honors God with his life; he has done nothing specifically to deserve any sort…
Read more
Read: Acts 28 The concept of God’s providence is yet again on display in the final chapter of Acts. Paul should have died multiple times in the previous chapter; then when he made it to the island a snake (likely poisonous) bit him and he still survived! The island natives had a rational explanation for…
Read more
Read: Acts 27 In this chapter we see quite the voyage. Paul was on his way to Rome to face trial before Caesar. The progress of the journey was overall pretty slow, and eventually the seasons changed so that the weather was no longer ideal for sailing. Paul warned the centurion that he foresees disaster…
Read more
Read: Acts 26 One of the most powerful tools for witnessing to people is simply our personal testimony of how we came to know Jesus. Here Paul demonstrated that quite effectively. He started out by telling about his life before he met Jesus. Paul (or Saul at that time) was a strict Jew from the…
Read more
