Do you ever find that sometimes who you actually are seems so different than who you are called to be? Continue Reading …
Resources by Topic: Salvation & My New Identity
I guess I've always thought Noah was a really good guy living in a generation when everyone else was really, really bad. Continue Reading …
We are deeply and hopelessly damaged, just like cracked pots, but God is the master Redeemer. Continue Reading …
God uses adoption to redeem one of the many broken aspects of our sin-sick world. Continue Reading …
When you find yourself forgetting or doubting once again, pick up the Word and sit under the cross in wonder. Continue Reading …
Jesus has changed my life. I am so filled with love and joy that I am unrecognizable to even my husband. Continue Reading …
I could have been the poster child for the lie of "I'm not good enough." If feeling inadequate was an Olympic event, I would have been on the Wheaties box. Continue Reading …
A magnificent exchange of the blood of the perfect On for all of my deep, dark, even secret ugly sins seems, well, illogical and unfair. Isn't more required? Continue Reading …
Kristen thought sex was a stepping stone toward a deep, meaningful relationship. But soon, what she thought she controlled started to control her. Continue Reading …
In spite of the fact that there are billions of people on this planet, the world watched and cared deeply for number 16 . . . for number 33. Continue Reading …
Without question, the highlight of my Christmas holidays was the opportunity to visit and minister in a maximum security women's prison in Arkansas. Continue Reading …
You've heard of mommy wars, right? Where every mom tries to be everything perfect—and more? We've got some good news: you don't have to join in. Continue Reading …
So many times I’ve thought “I don’t want to ever forget this moment.” Continue Reading …
If the news about my biopsy had been different, if it had been cancer, if it had been a life-threatening report . . . would I have reacted differently? Continue Reading …
The added rumble of thunder--without the threat of a lightning storm--only adds to the afternoon drama. Continue Reading …
God takes our broken and needy conditions, and through the work of Christ "in us," He reveals "His eternal power and divine nature." Continue Reading …
Learn how God can forgive us without making us pay our 'fair share.' Continue Reading …
Let it sink in deep. God loved you first! Continue Reading …
A great way to prepare for Easter! Continue Reading …
In a secluded area of a hotel, I came face to face with a suspicious looking man twice my size. My instinctive radar shot off alarming distress signals. Continue Reading …
We often sum people up by outward appearance. Unfortunately, our wrong assumptions can affect the way we treat others, even our brothers and sisters in Christ. Continue Reading …
As a young girl, I enjoyed watching Captain Von Trapp and Maria in The Sound of Music discover their love for each other and thinking, “Wow! How romantic!” Continue Reading …
I see you there, crumpling up that sheet of paper, tossing it into the waste basket and wondering if anything good will come out of your life. Continue Reading …
Teaching my children to treasure Jesus begins with me—my own passion for Jesus Christ and His Word. Continue Reading …
Teens need you to help them see how Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection has everything to do with their Friday nights and Monday mornings—and everything in-between. Continue Reading …
The Good News is that the Gospel is true. And it’s not about us. Continue Reading …
Without the God Factor my schedule would overwhelm me, criticism would destroy me, and life would overtake me. I owe my life to the God Factor. Continue Reading …
While I was never a big fan of that mopey donkey, Eeyore, I never imagined how the shadow of gloom in his world would one day permeate my own life. Continue Reading …
God's grace is like an ambulance that races to the point of our need the minute a call for help is made. But if we don't call, the ambulance doesn't come. Continue Reading …
I hate math, but sometimes I act as if numbers are my thing. I'm guilty of counting "likes" on my Instagram post, RSVPs to my party, and visitors to my blog. Continue Reading …