Where God's Word Meets Our Mess
When I started reading When It Hurts to Hope, I liked it. I felt like Rachel understood me, and I resonated with her experiences and observations. Partway through the book, however, I stopped reading it because I encountered multiple things that made me feel uneasy. This post addresses one of them—the concept that Christians are “worthy.”
As believers, we realize Christmas is about celebrating the birth of Christ—not simply putting up decorations, going to parties, or giving (and receiving) gifts. But it’s easy to lose sight of why this holiday matters. The good news is that it’s not too late to refocus on Christ this Christmas. This post includes a few practical ways to do that.
You might remember that I shared five song suggestions last Thanksgiving. Although there are lots of songs I could’ve included in that post, I opted to include just five. But I actually have five more song recommendations for you in this post, if you want to add them to your Thanksgiving playlist.
For Easter last year, I wrote a post with several recommendations for songs about Jesus' death and resurrection. But I realized I've never shared a post with song recommendations for Thanksgiving. So I decided to share a post with five recommendations for songs that will hopefully help you get in the mood for Thanksgiving.
Easter is almost here, so today’s post has several song recommendations for you to listen to this week. Of course, you can listen to these songs at any time of year; but I specifically included songs about Christ’s death and resurrection. I hope you enjoy these five song suggestions.
For this post, you're going to learn a lot from professor, author, and worship leader Dr. Zeb Balentine. I met him a few years ago and had the privilege of serving on a church worship team under his leadership. If you have any interest in worship, teaching, writing, or publishing, then keep reading!
Normally, my focus during church worship services isn't actually worship. But why do I struggle to focus? Why can't I ponder the words that I'm singing? Am I the only one who has trouble concentrating on God?
Kids just love fireworks. They love the noise and the color and the sparkle. It draws them in. They can stare at fireworks in amazement. If only we could be in such awe of our Savior.
Focusing on a hymn’s words doesn’t make God love you more. We worship to obey Him because He commands us to do so.
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