“God, glorify Yourself through my body!”

18 Run from sexual immorality! “Every sin a person can commit is outside the body.” On the contrary, the person who is sexually immoral sins against his own body. 19 Don’t you know that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not Read more about “God, glorify Yourself through my body!”[…]

Can I love and forgive someone I hate?

Loving Someone I Hate

What is your reaction (& my reaction!), as a Christian, to those with whom we strongly disagree? Particularly, how do we respond to a fellow Christian with whom we have a very sharp disagreement? I want to share with you my notes from a sermon on 1 John 2:7-11, but I’ll only cite verses 9-11 Read more about Loving Someone I Hate[…]

Pornography leaves in its trail a load of pain, hurt, broken marriages, and despair beyond words (image courtesy of pixabay.com)

Hugh Hefner’s Sad Legacy: The Dangerous Ripple Effect of Porn

“Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me, but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea” (Matthew 18:5-6). “Porn doesn’t have a Read more about Hugh Hefner’s Sad Legacy: The Dangerous Ripple Effect of Porn[…]

Would you accept such a proposal as Judson's? (image courtesy of pixabay.com)

“Honey, We’re Engaged! Let’s Go Suffer & Die for Jesus!”-Adoniram Judson’s Letter to Ann Before Their Marriage

In my last post here I included Adoniram Judson’s letter to his father-in-law asking for Ann’s hand in marriage (you can also learn more about Judson himself and his missionary endeavors in my last post as well). Now I want us to look at Judson’s letter to Ann just a tad over a month before they Read more about “Honey, We’re Engaged! Let’s Go Suffer & Die for Jesus!”-Adoniram Judson’s Letter to Ann Before Their Marriage[…]

After Certain Hardships and Death Do We Part (Image Courtesy of pixabay.com)

Adoniram Judson’s astonishing letter to his father-in-law asking for his daughter’s hand in marriage

We named our son, Judson, after the missionary Adoniram Judson, and I am proud of that fact given what I am currently learning about Judson’s life. Judson lived from 1788-1850 and was a missionary to Burma for almost 40 years. His commitment to the cause of Christ was (is!) phenomenal, humbling, and inspiring.  Before he Read more about Adoniram Judson’s astonishing letter to his father-in-law asking for his daughter’s hand in marriage[…]

What are you currently learning through trials? (Image courtesy of pixabay.com)

7 Lessons That Trials Teach Us

If you find my blog encouraging or informative, please subscribe in the top, right-hand side of the website (if on a laptop) or at the bottom of the page (if on a mobile device). Thank you! It has been said that you are either going through a trial, have just finished going through a trial, Read more about 7 Lessons That Trials Teach Us[…]

Brokenness and Reconciliation

How to Acquire Reconciliation in Your Relationships

Maybe you can relate to the scenario of fighting with a loved one or having a disagreement with a co-worker about a particular matter to an extent that it damages and breaks the relationship. When there is an offense between two people in a relationship, and it is hindered due to that offense, then reconciliation Read more about How to Acquire Reconciliation in Your Relationships[…]