by Katie Erickson
I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then tolerate me just as you would a fool, so that I may do a little boasting. In this self-confident boasting I am not talking as the Lord would, but as a fool. Since many are boasting in the way the world does,...
by Charlie Wolcott
When this blog post is published, I will be out of town at a church retreat that has a theme of spiritual warfare. My pastor is planning on having me do a session during the retreat in which I will use my fencing equipment to showcase the Armor of God. Then with a...
by Katie Erickson
And I will keep on doing what I am doing in order to cut the ground from under those who want an opportunity to be considered equal with us in the things they boast about. For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ. And...
by Charlie Wolcott
Misconceptions and false expectations can crush a man before he even sets out. Dreams of the lofty without the expense of the mundane have ruined many, and it nearly killed a Syrian general named Naaman. In 2 Kings 5, the Bible pauses from its history of the kings...
by Katie Erickson
I do not think I am in the least inferior to those “super-apostles.” I may indeed be untrained as a speaker, but I do have knowledge. We have made this perfectly clear to you in every way. Was it a sin for me to lower myself in order to elevate you by preaching the...
by Charlie Wolcott
The more I learn and am involved in life, I see the book of Genesis everywhere, including in pagan cultural icons. It one thing I love about God: you can’t escape Him. Even though many of the images and pictures of Genesis that remain in culture are certainly corrupted,...
by Jason DeZurik
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
- James 1:2-4
When I was...
by Katie Erickson
I hope you will put up with me in a little foolishness. Yes, please put up with me! I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. I promised you to one husband, to Christ, so that I might present you as a pure virgin to him. But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived...
by Charlie Wolcott
How is it possible, with so much evidence for God’s existence and power, that to find anyone who believes Him is such a hard task? If God were expressing Himself in a human mind, this must have been what He was thinking regarding King Ahaziah, son of Ahab of Israel....
