Are Open Borders Biblical?
The Bible doesn’t explicitly address political concepts like “open borders” in the way we think of them today. However, it does provide principles regarding why keeping foreigners out of one’s land was important, how God established boundaries, how...
What Does God Say About You?
Most of us at different points in our lives have been our own worst enemies. We can fill our own heads with negative self-talk, doubt, fears and worries. Why do we allow ourselves to go down these dark and hurtful paths? The more we allow negative self-talk, the...
God’s Plans Are Unstoppable
In the book of Exodus, we learn about the ten plagues God sent to Pharaoh to encourage him to let his people go. “Then the Lord said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is hardened; he refuses to let the people go.” Exodus 7:14 The Israelites had been slaves in Egypt for...
A Tree is Known by its Fruit
In Matthew chapter 12, verse 33 says “Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for the tree is known by its fruit.” The same can be said about us – we will be known by the fruit of our lives. Our fruit is displayed in our...
The Wedding Ring
I had a dream once where I had five diamond rings on my desk, and we were in a classroom setting. The teacher (or someone) came by to pick up or give us papers and without me noticing she took my most valuable ring — my wedding ring. When I realized what happened, I...
What is Christian Meditation ?
Christian meditation is a type of prayer that helps us focus more intently on God through silence and dwelling deeply on particular scriptures to gain more understanding of scriptures and hear what God has to say to us about them. The word meditation means to think...
What is Meaningful in Life?
“Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.” What do people gain from all their labors at which they toil under the sun? Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever. Ecclesiastes 1:2-4 Have you...
What Do You Do with the Pain of Rejection?
It hurts. Someone you love rejects you, leaves you, unfriends you or no longer has anything to do with you. What do you do? This recently happened to me, and it broke my heart. It was unexpected, at least to me. Distance and other changes caused our relationship to...
Are you an Admirer of Christ or a Disciple of Christ?
I heard that question recently in an interview I was listening to, and it caught my attention. The speaker went on to say that the way to know the difference was if you were willing to suffer for Christ. An admirer admires Jesus but a disciple follows Him, obeys Him...