Category Archives: Uncategorized

It’s Not About Our Dreams

Posted on by

One of the most important articles I’ve read for a while.

SharaC's avatarInto the Foolishness of God

I love reading people’s differing reactions to big, juicy, topics of our day. I shouldn’t, but I do. The way people perceive the same things so differently fascinated me. My blog friend Jen Oshman wrote an amazing articleyesterday at the Gospel Coalition reviewing the newest self-help/Christian book by motivational speaker Rachel Hollis. I would highly recommend reading her thoughts, they are fair and Biblically sound. For something marketed to Christian women, there is reason to be concerned. The book pushes Jesus far out to the sidelines and encourages women to be selfish, self-absorbed, shameless social climbers and dream-chasers. Although I wouldn’t read it, lots of women I know do choose to pick it up and soak it in. They quote it and post excerpts because it makes them feel something, it stirs the mind, body and heart to get it together and do better.

We have to be able…

View original post 413 more words

It’s Okay for Groaning To Be Part of Your Life — Christy Fitzwater

Posted on by

“Wednesday Hump Day,” I said to him last night before we went to sleep. He’ll go up to Glacier Bible College and be Professor Fitzwater again today, teaching students this week about the life of Christ. I’ll go stand in front of high school students and teach them sentences in Spanish about the gospel. We…

via It’s Okay for Groaning To Be Part of Your Life — Christy Fitzwater

Praying St. Patrick’s Breastplate

Posted on by

Typically the only green I care about on St. Patrick’s Day is the tip money I get, but there is a prayer I stumbled upon a few years ago that I’m praying this morning. It’s kind of incredible.

…2545331599_0ec4f3ff5d_o

Christ with me,
Christ before me,
Christ behind me,
Christ in me,
Christ beneath me,
Christ above me,
Christ on my right,
Christ on my left,…

via Praying St. Patrick’s Breastplate

Scripture for Our Generation: Ephesians 3

Posted on by

This is one of the most powerful prayers I’ve ever found in Scripture, and one of the most important devotions I’ve ever made a practice.

I pray that you, being rooted and firmly established in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the length and width, height and depth of God’s love, and to know the Messiah’s love that surpasses knowledge, so you may be filled with all the fullness of God. (Eph. 3:17b-19)

Stop Struggling with Your Sin and Kill It!

Posted on by

Oldie but a goodie, I hope.

One April during my Air Force tour, our squadron commander handed us a goal: a 100% off-duty safety record for the summer.

I raised an eyebrow. Our squadron was based in college-town Phoenix and consisted of twentysomethings brandishing motorcycles, ATV’s, jet-skis, and a love of drink. No off-duty accidents for a whole summer seemed as likely as deciphering a Newsboys lyric.

via Stop Struggling with Your Sin and Kill It!

Scripture for Our Generation: Psalm 116

Posted on by

The ropes of death were wrapped around me,
and the torments of Sheol overcame me;
I encountered trouble and sorrow.

Then I called on the name of Yahweh:
“Yahweh, save me!”

The Lord is gracious and righteous;
our God is compassionate.

The Lord guards the inexperienced;
I was helpless, and He saved me.

Return to your rest, my soul,
for the Lord has been good to you.

For You, Lord, rescued me from death,
my eyes from tears,
my feet from stumbling.

I will walk before the Lord
in the land of the living.

Psalm 116:3-9

Scripture for Our Generation: Psalm 54

Posted on by

Somehow verse 27 had never come to my attention in this otherwise well-known passage.

Jacob, why do you say,
and Israel, why do you assert:
“My way is hidden from the LORD
and my claim is ignored by my God”?

Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
Yahweh is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the whole earth.
He never grows faint or weary;
there is no limit to His understanding.

He gives strength to the weary
and strengthens the powerless.

Youths may faint and grow weary,
and young men stumble and fall,

but those who trust in the LORD
will renew their strength;
they will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary;
they will walk and not faint. (Isaiah 40:27-31)

God’s Not Dead and Neither Am I

Posted on by

Hello, everyone.

Again you’ve caught me in an extended hiatus from blogging. Everything’s fine. Going quite well, in fact. I’ve just stepped back to consider what I want this blog to accomplish and how to go about it. But I will be resuming posts – this Thursday, I’ve decided. And I’m posting that as self-accountability – now that I’ve publicly set a date, I have to meet it.

If you’ve left a comment on my blog in the past couple months, thank you. I’m grateful. I’ll do my best to go through and catch up this week. I hope you swing by again, generous followers.

“I thank my God every time I remember you.” – Philippians 1:3

 

Christmas is Bigger Than Your Opinion Of It

Posted on by

Rewritten for the sake of…well, not letting it remain an awkward, stumbling piece of literature like it was the first time. Feeling a lot more excited about it now.

Brandon Adams's avatarBrandon J. Adams

catIt was on a December 27th (long enough ago that I got the news over a corded phone) that my family was ending.

At least the blow waited until after the 25th, but is there really ever a “good time” for such things?

The result was a double whammy for Christmas. Not only was the month now historically connected with tragedy in my mind, but every family gathering since has screamed its ongoing incompleteness. The count in the room is always short.

Others have similar stories (and I’ve heard a lot worse). Christmas has a way of reminding you of what you’ve lost, or never had to begin with. A brief week of sanity before going back to the grind, fear, and disappointment.

So I’m the last person to tell anyone to “just get over it and celebrate”. The Bible defends our grace-given ability to approach God with our pain…

View original post 630 more words