Posts tagged “Shame”
Unzip that baggage
As a child of the 1980s, there were some interesting fashions: parachute pants, shoulder pads in sports coats, and my favorite—KangaRoos shoes, which were…
Keep confessing
There is only one thing more agonizing than confessing your more embarrassing sins to another Christian. That one thing is confessing your embarrassing sins…
It’s just a thing
Do you know what happened to the first light bulb ever invented? After hundreds of hours of working by Thomas Edison, his errand boy…
Never thirsty again
The thirstiest I’ve ever been was during my freshman year football practices. Our coaches would run us hard, and then the most glorious words…
Can God love me?
Did you ever hear about the day John Lennon, one of the Beatles, wrote a desperate note to a televangelist? In 1972 Lennon reached…
The prodigal God (Lesson 3)
No sin is too big or done too often. No sin is too damaging to destroy God the Father’s love for you. What sin…
Temporary shame
While shame is a good thing (Jeremiah 6:15), God doesn’t want it to last too long. Just ask Eve. A few summers ago, I…
3 essential verses if you feel ashamed
If you frequently feel shame, that humiliation over your sins that makes you feel like you don’t belong and that you need to hide,…
Better than a second chance
In the past, it was easy for me to feed into my fears about entering the public ministry, especially since serving God’s people was…
Shame is an essential worker
This might seem odd to say, but shame is an essential worker in the kingdom of God. If the sinful actions that came from…
What are you ashamed of?
Is there anything that you are ashamed of? Apparently, my oldest daughter could answer that question emphatically. I was parked with our family minivan…
What’s gone is gone
Once while snorkeling, I adjusted my mask and knocked out an earring. It spiraled down to the ocean floor, where it was quickly covered…