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As the 2nd woman mentioned in Matthews' genealogy of Jesus (Matthew 1), we know that Rahab has something to tell us. Something God wants us to remember today.
While Tamar pretended to be a prostitut...
In a conference I led for Lifeway Christian Resources back in November, I asked this question:
WHY IS DECONSTRUCTION SUCH A “THING” TODAY?
And then I attempted to answer it by sharing what Carey Ne...
If I could have visited Joseph about 6 months into his prison sentence, I would have asked him if he still believed God's promises.
"Joseph, what do you make of all those dreams God gave you when yo...
Once we understand the culture of Jesus' day, we have a greater awareness of the impact His story of the prodigal son had on His audience.
The original audience for this parable
Don't forget who Jes...
I rarely ever, in fact, have never done this before but I'm doing it this week because this message is so important for us to embrace. In preparing for my podcast this week I came across a powerful me...
When I wrote Spiritual Warfare for Women, I said a lot of things I knew were true, but hadn't yet experienced the full weight of their truth. Like this, the first sentence in the Introduction:
"I a...
One of mine and Tom’s favorite lines in a movie is the one Roy Miller (played by Tom Cruise) relayed to June Havens (played by Cameron Diaz) in Knight and Day.
Many times Tom a...
The Psalmist wrote this,
You have searched me, Lord,
and you know me.
2 You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.
3 You discern my going out and my lying down;
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Here's a question for us!
Did God create the devil?
I mean, if God is good, and everything He does is good; and if God created everything, did He create the devil? And how could that be good?
Thes...
There are times that my prayers aren't very nice. I'll be the first to admit that I sometimes forget myself when I blurt out the first thing on my mind (or rather on my heart); especially when things ...
As we celebrate holy week this week, many Christ followers will be participating in activities to remember what Jesus did to reunite us with God. His passion both for His Father and for us literally p...
In my previous post, I shared excerpts from 3 articles that support this statement: Grace is irresistible.
In this post I'm going to discuss how a theology of irresistible grace affects our understan...
