Posts tagged “Freedom”
Be you!* (Part 1)
What do the movies Moana, Mulan, Brave, Beauty and the Beast, Coco, and Aladdin have in common? The moral of those stories is almost…
Jesus: The sequel
Recently, our family watched a blockbuster sequel movie online. The movie was . . . not good. Sequels often don’t live up to the…
God’s love is bigger than dollar signs
My family and I made a decision recently that was a little bit scary. It was scary because it impacted the amount of monthly…
God loves the abused
A few years back, a pastor told me about the funny way our minds do math. He had just read a study that said…
Living forgiveness
What is it? What past failure do you still feel awful about? When the memory of that horrible decision hits, it can make you…
Jesus breaks chains
Have you ever felt chained to something? Like you just had to __________. There wasn’t any choice but to _________. Have you ever heard…
Lies: I have to be perfect or I’m a failure
All our lives we need to seek balance—balance between work and play and family, our needs and the needs of others, wealth accumulation and…
The #1 reason people reject Jesus
When you were a teenager, did your mom ever rudely open the blinds in your room while you were still sleeping? Do you know…
What Batman wants for Christmas
Do you know what Batman wishes for at Christmas? During an interview with USA Today about his role as Batman in the movie the…
Why be good if I’ll be forgiven?
How often do you wonder, “Do I have to be good today?” Yes, even Christians ponder that question, and sometimes our logic is: “Why…
I learned this lesson from a garage sale
It was the end of my second garage sale, and I still possessed a bunch of junk. Just like my first garage sale. What…
A nation of laws
God decreed that good governments should be built upon the right kinds of laws. Not just any old laws, but the right kinds of…