We all have our own relationship with authority. Some people grow up with two loving parents and experience the benefits of good authority: Mom sets boundaries for her children, yet instills the value of choice, and presents her children with options. Dad might come across as firm, or even strict, ...
Read More »Created For Eternity
Imagine: You were a thought even before your mother and father came together to conceive you. Imagine your name was known, before all eternity, even before your mother and father gave you a name. Imagine there was a heavenly Father who at any point in time knows the number of ...
Read More »Is Failure Real?
I work at a school that implements a specialized program for teenagers who have experienced abuse at home and need different supports at school to help them learn life skills and make sense of their experiences. One of these teenagers, a bright young man, wrote a catchy song for the support ...
Read More »What Are You Fighting For?
There’s a lot of fighting going on–fighting with each other, fighting against our circumstances, fighting for our independence, fighting for our way, fighting against God, fighting in video games, fighting in kid movies, fighting in adult movies–fight, fight, fight. The Lord says that there is nothing new under the sun ...
Read More »A Warrior-King, Not A Carpenter!
Crucify him! Crucify him! In A.D. 33, a crowd of Jews shouted fiercely for the death of a man named Jesus from Nazareth. Oppressed by the Romans, proud of their moral laws, awaiting a mighty savior – unbelieving Jews hated Jesus. Jesus was merely a carpenter. He healed a Roman’s ...
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