The New Free ThinkersToday’s guest post comes to us courtesy of Timothy Tremblay. Christianity is a lifestyle of self-denial and discipline: one of total surrender and obedience to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. Some view this as a constraining, boring, and old fashioned way of life. But we only have one life to live. We can seek to [...]
What do you do when you try your best to live the Christian walk – you pray, and read, and act – but you cannot seem to get any answers for your life? It’s a hard place to be. It’s a place that can seem lonely, confusing, and even depressing. It can seem as though [...]
Did you do the same thing as me when you were little and making promises to your friends? You stuck your pinkie finger out there and said two of the heaviest words you could think of. “Pinky Promise?” Whether or not you realized the weight of those words, something inside you clicked with them. You [...]
Prince of Peace The name “Prince of Peace” is only used once in the entire Bible. The reference is Isiah 9:6, “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting [...]
Shiloh When the patriarch Jacob realized that he was going to die soon, he gathered his sons together and blessed them — or more accurately, he foretold what each tribe of Israel would become. Judah was favored, but there is an unfamiliar phrase in the middle of his blessing: “The sceptre shall not depart from [...]
“It ain’t over till it’s over.” That famous phrase can be used in almost any form of competition, from the World Series to a Scrabble tournament, from a heavyweight fight to the final scene of a drama. The thrill of the odds-defying comeback story has probably enchanted everyone at some time. But I want to [...]