When You’re Undone, God Still Shows Up
The scandal of grace is this: God runs toward you while you’re still face down. Loves you before you lift your head. Saves you before you stand.
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“Jesus” We Want vs. Jesus Who Saves
He is everything, except holy.
He is anything, except the real Jesus.
You made him up. -
The Most Powerful Women in the Church
Why is it that when a woman is told there is something she ought not to do, the outcry so often becomes, “Misogyny! Patriarchy! Hatred of women!” The issue here is not oppression. It is discontentment, and ultimately a rebellion against God’s good design. God’s design for women is not a punishment or a mark of inequality. It is an honored and beautiful calling.
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When We All Want to Throw Stones
On John 8: In the midst of this outrageous scandal, Jesus gently redirected their focus inward, compelling them to confront the truth of their own sanctimonious hearts.
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The Bully Pulpit: On Legalism, Control, and Biblical Leadership
I was twelve when my family started attending a church affiliated with the Charity denomination. In this close-knit and conservative community, most have roots in the Amish and Mennonite traditions.
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Rice and Beans and the Gift of Enough
As we reflect on the depths of the Lord’s care and His steadfast provision for our genuine needs, a shift in our perspective occurs, highlighting the abundance of the graces and blessings that are truly ours.
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Kids, Capes, and the Seat of Power
Our kids have gigantic imaginations.
Sometimes they pretend to be something simple, like race cars as they rev their engines, zooming around with nonexistent steering wheels turning in their hands. Or they might be superheroes – tying the corners together on baby blankets for capes as they “save” the toddler from every blessed thing she wants to do.
