Ann Voskamp, God, grief, Heaven, Jesus, John, One Thousand Gifts, pain, Uncategorized
My kids and I talk about Heaven a lot. My 3 year old is just trying to wrap her brain around the concept of Heaven. She knows it is a place where God lives, and if you love Jesus, you get to go there. When I remind her of these facts, she inevitably says, “I...
Bible, evangelism, James, John
I’m not enough of a biblical scholar to know for sure, but I feel safe in saying that one of the first examples of evangelism (if not the first) occurred before Jesus’ death and resurrection. In fact, the incident I am talking about occurred before Jesus...
Bible, Ezekiel, God, Isaiah, John, Kingdom Vision, Revelation
Our pastor challenged us on Sunday to evaluate whether or not we have an accurate view of how holy God is. The implication is we tend to humanize God and lose awareness of how majestic and grand and wholly above us in rank and perfection He truly is. And when we are...
Bible, God, growing, Jesus, John, Matthew, meaning of life, Philippians, service
God has been trying to teach me something huge the past 18 months. And, in pure human fashion, I have been slow to learn. It got to the point where a couple of weeks ago I more or less pleaded with the Lord, “WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO TEACH ME?! I DON’T...
Acts, Bible, Ephesians, John, sin
I’ve spent the last week or so asking God to convict me about something so I could repent and then begin to repair what I’ve broken through my sinning. While I was freely admitting in my mind that my action had been sin, I didn’t feel bad about it....
Bible, evangelism, God, Jesus, John, love
There’s an important question every non-Christian is asking. And we Christians, at least in my demographic, are just now beginning to realize it. Every unbeliever is asking us Christians, “Will you love me even if I don’t accept your Jesus?”...
