As Christians, we want to experience God through the Bible… we really do! But our good intentions fall flat when reading the Bible just doesn’t seem to help us experience God in a real way. What should feel dynamic and important and alive often feels confusing and boring and irrelevant....
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1 Peter 1:22 Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other love one another deeply from the heart. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations 1 Peter 3:8 Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one anothe...
"Communismis based on the belief that man is so weak and inadequate that he is unable to govern himself, and therefore requires the rule of strong masters.Democracyis based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual c...
This word also is used in 1 Peter 4:4 to describe the world and the way it lives. Reckless living. Out of control. Now frequently, this word is used in relationship to having too much alcohol—to getting drunk, as it is here in Ephesians 5:18. ...
And God did what God does: He answered those prayers. In the end, as I like to say, He chased me until I caught Him. My encounters with God during the last few days of my husband’s life were filled with a kind of light that I can’t describe. I knew that I was on my way...
Although the most common today, the usage of 'mean' in 'Mean Girls', for example, is actually the youngest definition. Learn about about how 'mean' came to mean cruel and nasty.
How does Tuesdays with Morrie describe people with disabilities? Is Mitch's dad dead in Tuesdays with Morrie? What does Tuesdays with Morrie say about divorce? Is freedom mentioned in Tuesdays with Morrie? Did Mitch from Tuesdays with Morrie have kids? How did Peter get polio in ''Tuesdays ...
[Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, Why God Uses Metaphors to Describe Himself: Guest Post by Lauren Winner] Could these coincidences actually not mean anything? Lydia McGrew: There’s always the logical possibility of a pure coincidence, but often this is pretty improbab...
I have found that to be true each year as I’ve gone back through the Bible. Sometimes I find myself feeling as if a passage just appeared there for the first time. I’m reminded that no matter how many times we read through the Bible, we have only scratched the surface. I hope ...