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Give Thanks For Everything?
This week is Thanksgiving—a time we reflect on giving thanks. It’s easy to give thanks for those good things in life—a good home, a job, family, material blessings, and friends. But it’s not as easy to give thanks for those unwanted intruders into our lives—like...
Lessons Learned From a Rock Badger
Where do you run for strength, protection, and security when life gets hard and you find yourself in the midst of one spiritual battle after another? Isaiah 26:3–4 points us to where we should run, if we’re wise. “The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect...
Questions About Sabbath Rest
Several years ago a godly woman reprimanded a friend of mine for ironing on a Sunday morning. She was told, “Today is the Lord’s day, and we don’t do any work on the Lord’s day. So you shouldn’t iron on Sunday.” How would you respond to that? How does the Sabbath...
Should Christians Grieve?
Guest post by Jim Davis Jim and I became friends several years ago at the Blue Ridge Christian Writer's Conference. I love his writing and insight into tough issues. He will be writing guest posts for me while I'm in India for ten days. Jim gives us a glimpse into...
Why Didn’t God Create a World Without Pain?
Guest post by Jim Davis Jim and I became friends several years ago at the Blue Ridge Christian Writer's Conference. I love his writing and insight into tough issues. He will be writing guest posts for me while I'm in India for ten days. Jim gives us a glimpse into...
Can a Christian Commit Suicide?
I’ve been asked on several occasions if a Christian can commit suicide. The answer is yes. I have personally known two Christians who committed suicide, and there is no question about their salvation. Both suffered from severe depression, and it led them to...
What is Lordship Salvation?
As I have discipled women, a number of questions come up concerning assurance of salvation. One question I’ve been asked is, “Does Christ need to be Lord of my life in order to be my Savior?” There are two main views concerning this question. 1. Lordship...
Does Hell Really Exist?
I was recently asked, “How can a loving God send anyone to such a horrible place as hell?” God doesn’t send anyone to hell. Man sends himself by rejecting God’s offer of salvation. We are all sinners, and the penalty for sin is eternal separation from a holy God....
Overcoming Failure
“I feel like a failure.” Have you thought or said those words recently? I have. Perhaps you feel like a failure in the area of parenting or marriage or your job or ministry or some endeavor you took on. When I start to have those thoughts of being a failure, I get...
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