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When God’s Plan Does Not Match Your Expectations: The Untold Story Of Joseph Barsabbas

Unraveling the Mystery of Human Consciousness: Made in God’s Image, We Are Set Apart

Unraveling the Mystery of Human Consciousness: Made in God’s Image, We Are Set Apart

Have you ever considered what sets humans apart from the other creatures on earth? The answer lies in a remarkable phenomenon called consciousness.

Since God Wants Me to Believe in Him, Why Doesn’t He Just Appear to Me?

Since God Wants Me to Believe in Him, Why Doesn’t He Just Appear to Me?

As a new believer in Christ at age sixteen, I recall one night going outside my home in Peoria, Illinois, and crying out to God to show Himself to me to confirm that what I believed about Him was true. “Just appear to me!” I begged of God.

When God’s Plan Does Not Match Your Expectations: The Untold Story Of Joseph Barsabbas

When God’s Plan Does Not Match Your Expectations: The Untold Story Of Joseph Barsabbas

When I went off to military school in eighth grade, where I stayed for the next five years, there was another cadet who entered eighth grade with me.

The Deepest God-Given Desire of Every Man

The Deepest God-Given Desire of Every Man

Would you rather receive honors, be honored, or be honorable? Emerson Eggerichs on the deepest desire God placed in every man's heart and what it means to be an honorable man.

The Big Bang and Jesus: In Wonder, We Believe in the Unseen and Unknown

The Big Bang and Jesus: In Wonder, We Believe in the Unseen and Unknown

Would you agree that some things are true yet unseen and unknown? Would you say that some things are inherently complex, beyond human comprehension and our current scientific capabilities?

The Deepest God-Given Desire of Every Man

The Big Bang and Jesus: In Wonder, We Believe in the Unseen and Unknown

Our Position in Christ, Part 1

Our Position in Christ, Part 1

As a child of God who has confessed your sins and chosen to follow Jesus, have you ever asked yourself what all exactly this means? How did this decision change your identity? How did it change your position, now, here on earth and in eternity? Because of your belief in what Jesus Christ did on the cross for you, it is extremely important that you recognize exactly how God the Father now views you and what this means for you personally.

Righteous Indignation or Something Else?

Righteous Indignation or Something Else?

When we become angry toward someone because of their unjust or unworthy manner of acting or speaking, we are letting them know they cannot treat us or others this way. We feel righteously indignant, which is more than okay. Jesus, in fact, became righteously indignant toward the money changers who were attempting to profit off of those coming to worship at the temple (Matthew 21:12–13).

This Christmas Will You Speak Only What is Necessary When Gathered as a Family? Why?

This Christmas Will You Speak Only What is Necessary When Gathered as a Family? Why?

A person who modeled thinking before speaking what was unnecessary was my mom. My parents divorced when I was one, remarried, then separated again for five years. Even though Mom could’ve thrown Dad under the bus while raising me on her own, I appreciate that she abstained from doing so. She expressed later in her life that it was unnecessary for me to hear such things. Mom was other-focused. Because of her heart of love for me, she sought to serve my needs with her words. She was not careless in her words because she cared. She pulled back from communicating information that I didn’t need to hear, even though she may have felt better after having done it.

In a Time of Trial? This Prayer May Help

In a Time of Trial? This Prayer May Help

The following prayer is for anyone going through deep waters in his or her marriage and needing God’s sustaining love and help. Lord, whether or not my marriage turns around, I know You are using this struggle to reveal more of Yourself to me. I thank You for that because I need You in so many ways right now.