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“Let's pray real quick." Most who read this blog have been part of Bible studies, small groups, etc. in which these words are uttered regularly.

I've thought for a while about how the statement "let's pray real quick" makes some assumptions.... More

Have you ever awakened and thought, This would be a great day for Jesus to come back! I have. I can remember in high school thinking those very words on the day I had a big test in front of me. And in college, as final exams loomed large, I... More

Eschatology. End times. My eyes rolled back in my head as I contemplated the Womenary syllabus. All those hard words: Covenant Theology, Dispensational Hermeneutic, the Rapture, the Tribulation, Pre-Post-A-Millennialism. Could I make sense of what... More

In 1943, during the worst days of the war in Europe, Edmond Roudnitska created, and dedicated to his wife, a beautiful and intensely floral fragrance called Femme. The French word femme means woman. The... More

The greatest need in the world is to know and experience the love of God. I am often overwhelmed by it. It moves me to places I might never have traveled, and it moves me to take action in ways I might never have considered. God’s love compels. Go... More

One of the central truths we learn about God from the second chapter of Jonah is that salvation, start to finish, is from God. It is solely a work of the Almighty. At the end of chapter one, Jonah is in a bad way. He is on the verge of drowning in... More

Several years ago, one of my sisters decided to give up Facebook for Lent. She inspired me to do the same. It seemed like an easy choice, to relegate giving up social media for Lent to the same trivial category as giving up gum, soda,... More