How many times have I pushed and struggled against a ceiling, when the open door was on the ground? The kingdom of God is not like the world. In his kingdom the way up is down. The was to save your life is to lose it.
Platform to Gallows: 6 Warnings from the Rise and Fall of Esther’s Haman
Hate goes beyond one incident or person to burn the entire culture. It doesn’t seek to discipline, but to destroy. It festers and spreads and is never quenched. It ultimately destroys the host.
No, He Won’t Meet You Halfway: Our Glorious Whole-Way Savior
Meet-halfway Love is kind. It’s generous. It involves compromise. Neither party feels taken advantage of. It’s the sort of love we can wrap our minds around. The problem is this is NOT the love of Christ.
My Father in Famine
We don’t have to look far to see famine in our land today. We are a spiritually impoverished nation. We look to worldly leaders and influencers, but like the judges of Ruth, they are powerless to nourish us. We turn inward to try to help ourselves, save ourselves, love ourselves but find we are not the source of anything. There is only one who is able to feed us in famine, and not just feed us but flourish us.
We’re on Our Knees. Rise Up, O Judge of the Earth.
Our God sees every single act of injustice. He hears every single word of hate. All of it will be paid for. Not one tiny sin will escape punishment. The wages of every sin is death and death will be paid. It will either be paid for by Jesus on the cross or by the wicked for all eternity. He holds it all. He also sees it all.
Michal at the Window: 5 Lessons from a Bitter Woman
If anyone had the right to stare daggers at other people’s happiness, it was Michal. She was caught between two worlds, the Old Kingdom of her father and the New Kingdom of her husband, unsure of who she was or where she belonged.