1 Samuel, forgiveness, God, grace, Holy Spirit, James, Jesus, Judges, obedience, Philippians, prayer, redemption, sin
A lot of times when I am going through a time of not caring about much, having a “meh” attitude about life, I slip into some pretty comfortable sins. Perhaps my favorite one is not doing the good I know I ought to do, per James 4:17. I don’t use my...
2 Corinthians, anger, conflict, Ephesians, forgiveness, God, Jesus, John, sin
One of the stories in the gospels that intrigues me is when Jesus got so ticked off He started turning over tables like a mad man. When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep...
Bible, conflict, Ephesians, forgiveness, friendship, Jesus, love, Luke, pain, Peter, relationships, sacrifice, unity
Sometimes people hurt us. Insightful, no? Accidents happen. Feelings get hurt. Egos get bruised. People get overlooked. And, every once in awhile, people may purposefully take a stab at our hearts out of anger or bitterness. Most of the time this kind of thing happens...
Bible, Church, Colossians, conflict, Ephesians, forgiveness, God, grace, Holy Spirit, Jesus, John, love, Matthew, obedience, pain, peace, relationships, Romans, spiritual growth, unity
In any kind of conflict, we humans instinctively feel defensive. Whether it’s a tiff with a spouse, a disagreement with a friend, or an argument with a boss, we immediately adopt an “us versus them” mentality. It’s just how we’re wired....
1 John, forgiveness, Jesus, love, Luke, Matthew, Philippians
It’s been a crazy two weeks for our family. An unexpected event has turned our world upside down. We’ve grieved. We’ve felt angry. We’ve felt hurt. We’ve had to process those emotions with the Lord and with others. And then we had to...
2 Corinthians, Bible, Colossians, conflict, forgiveness, God, love, self worth, significance
(Yikes. Hope this article can really live up to that title…) (It’s ok, it’s not the words in this post that inspired that title. Scripture inspired that title. So I can go that big with that claim.) (I probably shouldn’t start a post with a...
