Tag: #Truth
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Difficult Does Not Mean Wrong
“Father God, I just want this to be easy!” Have you ever uttered this honest prayer to God? I have. Today, as a matter of fact! It was immediately following that vulnerable plea that God’s Word came to remembrance and prodded my heart to trust… Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean…
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Studying 1 Peter 1: “Our Living Hope”
Inspired by God, Peter wrote this letter sometime between A.D. 60 and 65. The “Purpose of Writing” per (GotQuestions): 1 Peter is a letter from Peter to the believers who had been dispersed throughout the ancient world and were under intense persecution. If anyone understood persecution, it was Peter. He was beaten, threatened, punished, and…
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“Cast Your Burden”
“Morning and Evening Devotional” by Charles Spurgeon with Psalm 55 Morning – Day 147“Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee.” Care, even though exercised upon legitimate objects, if carried to excess, has in it the nature of sin. The precept to avoid anxious care is earnestly inculcated by our Saviour, again…
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Gospel-Driven Parenting
You shall teach them to your children, talking of them when you are sitting in your house, and when you are walking by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. Deuteronomy 11:19 Our children are growing-up in the midst of a post-postmodern world… Where “Your truth is yours,” and “My truth…
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Wishes or Prayers
Friends, isn’t it amazing how much God parents us as we attempt to parent our children?! The past several months, my heart has been “downloading” a great deal about how much God teaches me through the words of my children. Do you know what I’m saying, Gals? One recent example, was noticing how frequently one…
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Refuting Rohr’s Claims About Jesus (Updated)
“He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.” Titus 1:9 “The whole Enneagram diagram is called ‘the face of God.’ If you could look out at reality with nine pairs of eyes and…
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The Lordship of Jesus
I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him [that is, Christ]: ‘I’m ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don’t accept His claim to be God.’ That is the one thing we must not say. A man who was merely a…
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The Problem of Pragmatism
“Pragmatism, a philosophy developed by Charles Sanders Pierce in 1870, champions the premise that truth is proved by whether or not the idea in question works. Basically, if something works and is found useful to you…then it’s true. It advocates a way to find meaning apart from God’s Word, and relies upon the material world…
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Studying the Book of Ruth
Inspired by God, scholars point to the Prophet Samuel as the possible writer. “Penned” between 1011 and 931 B.C., this historical account of Boaz’s and Ruth’s marriage points beautifully to the sovereignty of God and His Redemptive plan (the Gospel). The Old Testament is incredibly important! It’s in these historical pages that God points to…
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God’s Word in a Post-Postmodern World
“And He humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.” Deuteronomy 8:3 To Start……
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Studying Ephesians 4
With a pencil ✏️ or a highlighter, prayerfully read the following chapter in your Bible, marking these words as you go (Spirit, In Christ/Him, etc). And of course feel completely free to choose whatever corresponding colors you prefer. ☺️ Ladies, God lovingly gave us both the Old and New Testaments as to show us His…
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A Collection of Scripture about Love
John 15:5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in Me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.” (God, through Jesus, supplies all we need for loving others well) 1 John 4:8 “…God is love.” 1 John 3:1-3. “See what…
Hold Fast Apologetics 