“That is why I speak to them in parables, because looking they do not see, and hearing they do not listen or understand.” (Matt 13:13 CSB) We have grown accustomed to clickable headlines, sharable memes, and quoteable tweets. Without researching the backstory (sometimes without reading the whole article), social media users are quick to share…
“For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.” (Heb. 4:12 NIV) Sometime before Thanksgiving, a Facebook friend posted about her journey of reading through the Bible in chronological order,…
Have you ever listened to a sermon and thought, “Wait, what? That’s not what the Bible says”? Ever scroll through social media and pause to look up a quote someone has attributed to Psalms or Proverbs only to discover it’s not even in the Bible? If you’re nodding your head, I want you to know…
My husband and I are one of those sappy couples filling our social media timelines this month with public gestures of love. On our anniversary this past year, I snapped a selfie of us kissing in front of “our church,” the place we got married in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park over a decade…
“Your worship must engage your spirit in the pursuit of truth.” (John 4:23 MSG) The Woman at the Well. She is a familiar New Testament character. Jesus met her by a well on his way to Galilee. He, a Jew, asked her, a Samaritan, for a drink of water. He offered her “living water,” knew…
Should Christians be nicer than non-Christians? Shouldn’t the Holy Spirit be turning Christians into humans who are nicer than their unbelieving friends and neighbors? The obvious answer is yes, yet our experience shows case after case in which non-Christians act with more kindness toward their neighbors than Christians do. Why is this? C. S. Lewis…