After reading my post title, you might be ready to stone me or label me a heretic. Or … maybe not, depending on your perspective. The phrases “die to self” and “die to sin” caused me a lot of confusion and unrest in my walk with Christ—until I began to understand what He accomplished through […]
Archives for November 2019
Thankful, Grateful, Blessed!
This coming November 28, 2019, many Americans will celebrate Thanksgiving, a national holiday declared by President Abraham Lincoln in 1861. In 1931, President Franklin Roosevelt made it an official holiday to be celebrated the fourth Thursday in November. Its roots are traced all the way back to 1621 when the colonists and local natives enjoyed […]
Sweat or Sweet Refreshment?
Imagine you are sitting in church on a Sunday morning and the first words that come from the pastor’s mouth are in the form of a question, directed toward you. He looks at you and asks, “Your name, are you righteous?” You can’t imagine why—out of all the people lining the pews that morning—he had […]
