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As I look back at the person I was before becoming a Christian, it was not a pleasant one. I was a scared, angry little girl who thought that God was a God of anger. A God that would strike down anyone who disobeyed, who messed up. My parents were
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Some of you may not know this, but I am the oldest brother of Ezra Byer. This is my claim to fame! I'm hoping someday to get his autograph. For years now, I have endeavored to convince everyone that I am the older AND WISER brother, but this
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📖"And whoever comes to Me I will never cast out." — John 6:37 Early in my Christian life, I read Augustine’s Confessions. Augustine (354-430 AD) lived a monastic life and pursued a life of writing. One of his writings, Confessions, is his spiritual autobiography, but it
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An example of a life well-lived.
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My Salvation Story I’m one of those people who doesn’t have a super “exciting” salvation story. I grew up in a Christian home, and I don’t remember a time when I didn’t know who Jesus was. My first memory of wanting Jesus in my life was
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📖"You were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God." — I Corinthians 6:11 Before Before Jesus, I was poor in spirit. I had nothing inside myself to help myself, and no one else
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My life has been a pattern of mistakes and misprioritizations. Case in point: At this very moment, Microsoft Word is telling me my leading sentence is a mistake. Misprioritizations? that squiggly red line asks. Are you sure that’s a real word? Well, no. But I trust the person reading
Do you hate the thought of death? If so, here is some encouragement.
Are you struggling to follow Christ because you live in a community that isn't Christian? If so, here are some thoughts of encouragement.
Do you ever feel like God is taking you somewhere out of your comfort zone? If so, what should you do? Here are some suggestions!
Does anyone care about what I do? Does my work really matter to God? Here are a few reasons your work matters more than you think!
Turning Sunday Belief Into Monday Action
📖"For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift." — Ephesians 2:8 Many conversion stories I have heard go something like this: "Before I met Christ, I was a terrible person. I was far from God and
📖"For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time for us to do." — Ephesians 2:10 Before Christ One thing I love wasting time doing is looking at cars and trucks on Facebook Marketplace that I know I can’
Growing up, one of my favorite stories was about how my parents came to faith in Christ. My mom was raised in a Christian family and attended church every week, while my dad was born into a Hindu-Christian family and primarily followed Hindu practices. In 1983, the year my
📖"You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." — John 8:32 Have you ever fallen asleep on a raft in the ocean? It’s amazing at first. The rays warm your body while a gentle sea breeze keeps you from overheating. The mellow roll
📖"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, and see, the new has come!" — 2 Corinthians 5:17 What Was I Like Before Jesus? As someone who grew up in the church, having a testimony as a kid always felt
John 4 provides the answer.
đź“šThe Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis I listened to The Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis as an audiobook in my early 20s, having never made it beyond The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and Prince Caspian when I was younger. I was checking
📚Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions by Gregory Koukl I was on a bus taking a church or school trip…I think. The memory is hazy around the edges, but its core is seared into my mind. I don’t remember who I was with, where we
The longer you're a Christian, the easier it can be to lose that original thrill of God you once experienced. Here is something you can do about that.
It's a tough question, but here are some ideas.
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📚The Return of the Prodigal Son by Henri Nouwen It was 2019 when I picked up a book that changed me. I honestly don't recall another book that has impacted me so deeply. I went back through my journals to recall everything I felt during that time—I