It is an indisputable fact that Christianity flourishes when Christians are persecuted. Prosperity is without a doubt, deadly to strong commitment to faith. Many of us by now have heard Louis Giglio tell the story of his conversation with a Romanian pastor who led a congregation during the Nicolae Ceaușescu
Category: Suffering
Suicide is a difficult subject. Yes, I am going to give counsel to everyone who is in the throes of despair, but please don’t stop taking medication, or going to counseling or other acceptable ways of trying to conquer the torment that might drive you to feel that life is
• Psalm 61:2> From the end of the earth I will cry to You, When my heart is overwhelmed; Lead me to the rock that is higher than I. • Psalm 77:1-3 > I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear
Ecclesiastes 1:2 (NIV) “Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.” When I decided on Ecclesiastes for my Wednesday morning Life Group, I did so with trepidation. Why? Because of statements like the one above. Ecclesiastes is a book written by the wisest and one of the wealthiest
Note: This blog was written yesterday, so some comments may be slighly out of date. The message remains the same. Acts 11:27-30 (NIV) 27 During this time some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch. 28 One of them, named Agabus, stood up and through the Spirit predicted that