Have you ever wondered how Christ could love us that much? How he could endure the pain, humiliation, and agony of crucifixion, so that we could be his?
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Hebrews 1. Chapter 8. In examining the deity of the Son of God in the opening pages of Hebrews, the Holy Spirit began with what we can see with our eyes, describing creation and God the Son’s hand in it …
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The older I become, the more familiar I am with ashes, mourning, and a faint spirit. I’m vividly aware of the constraints caused by my past decisions, my chronic illness, and my aging body. I’m more cognizant of how little …
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The beginning of a new year presents the opportunity to consider how we’re doing. Heart evaluation is essential. Once more, we can learn from Israel. Lack of follow-through on good intentions was the problem that plagued them. Unfortunately, our hearts mirror …
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Life on this earth is messy and fraught with changes in plans, disappointed expectations, relationships that can’t be fixed, and emotional upheaval. Our daily lives show this plain and simple. If we didn’t already know it, our writerly lives reinforce …
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What is Faith? Part 1 This is a world where babies are born with deformities, children suffer aggressive brain cancer, car accidents rob us of our loved ones, religious violence spreads through action and reaction, and everyone we love dies. …
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“Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world!” (John 1:29 ESV) Passover. Unblemished sacrificial lambs killed and eaten, meal participants clad for a journey, firstborns in peril of death, lamb’s blood smeared on doorposts and …
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Jen Sloniger has written about Refuge before. CLICK HERE for her beautifully written and poetic review. Today, for the first post on a new website authored by Jen and a group of Christian Writers Guild trained friends (the site: When Readers …
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On Easter weekend the thirteen young adults receiving baptism stood before hundreds and testified, nervously unfolding their individual stories to the masses. One after another—some shyly, others boldly, each stepped up to the microphone. Their accounts brought tears. All were …
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Piercing your brow, a crown of thorns was embedded in your flesh, a cruel and mocking implement of torture. Sweat and blood dripped from your brow—no hand was free to wipe the salty rivulets from your eyes. Stinging. Burning. Sins of …
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