by Karen | Mar 29, 2017 | Exposing Deception
Have you seen the great new app that alerts you when someone’s lying to you? Just kidding, of course. We might think we’d like to have such an app, but we surely wouldn’t like having it used to expose our own untruthfulness. Deception’s got a bad reputation. From a...
by Karen | Mar 3, 2017 | Staying the Course
A couple of weeks ago, God put on my heart that I should pray for help to enjoy my husband more. That day, Paul was taking the afternoon off for us to attend our youngest son’s state swim meet together. In preparation for the ride, I gathered my laptop and paperwork...
by Karen | Feb 1, 2017 | Hard Truths
How can we know that our salvation is sure? We need to be sure of our standing before God, because Jesus says that some who think they’re Christians will spend eternity in hell.[1] So what distinguishes people who are Christians from those who just think they are? For...
by Karen | Nov 30, 2016 | Staying the Course
In years past, I had a childish faith. Not the trusting, childlike faith that Jesus prescribes for us,[1] but a faith that believed God would rescue me when I needed him and that, otherwise, the relationship was “good.” I thought going to church, reading my Bible and...
by Karen | Nov 2, 2016 | Exposing Deception
(To see Parts 1 and 2 of this 3-part post, please go to What does it mean to live for Christ? Part 1 of 3 ~ Finding the Way and What does it mean to live for Christ? Part 2 of 3 ~ Getting in Sync with God.) In the first two posts of this series on living for Christ,...
