Posts tagged “Perseverance”
Karma Christianity
Here’s a little quiz for you. True or false? You get good things from God by being good. Sometimes God will cause you to…
Child champion: Little Samuel
A woman named Hannah, living in the tribal territory of Ephraim in the 11th century b.c., had a tough life. Not only was she…
To forgive or not to forgive: A case study
Two men. One an Old Testament prophet, chosen by God to preach repentance and mercy to a tough crowd. One a New Testament believer,…
Chariots of fire
Gehazi, servant to the prophet Elisha, had no difficulty seeing his problems. Ben-Hadad II, the evil king of Aram, had sent an entire company…
God plays a long game
Try as we might, we can’t see into the future. We can guess, plot probabilities, and make predictions, but our ideas could be totally…
You’ll make it
The incarnation of Jesus is the centerpiece of human history for many reasons. God taking on human flesh sends a powerful message of how…
Waiting for heaven while living on earth
Sometimes it’s just hard, isn’t it? This world is heavy. The more you grow up, the more you live with the reality of pain…