📖"You were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God." — I Corinthians 6:11 Before Before Jesus, I was poor in spirit. I had nothing inside myself to help myself, and no one else
My life has been a pattern of mistakes and misprioritizations. Case in point: At this very moment, Microsoft Word is telling me my leading sentence is a mistake. Misprioritizations? that squiggly red line asks. Are you sure that’s a real word? Well, no. But I trust the person reading
📖"For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift." — Ephesians 2:8 Many conversion stories I have heard go something like this: "Before I met Christ, I was a terrible person. I was far from God and
📖"For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time for us to do." — Ephesians 2:10 Before Christ One thing I love wasting time doing is looking at cars and trucks on Facebook Marketplace that I know I can’
Growing up, one of my favorite stories was about how my parents came to faith in Christ. My mom was raised in a Christian family and attended church every week, while my dad was born into a Hindu-Christian family and primarily followed Hindu practices. In 1983, the year my
📖"You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." — John 8:32 Have you ever fallen asleep on a raft in the ocean? It’s amazing at first. The rays warm your body while a gentle sea breeze keeps you from overheating. The mellow roll
📖"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, and see, the new has come!" — 2 Corinthians 5:17 What Was I Like Before Jesus? As someone who grew up in the church, having a testimony as a kid always felt
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📚The Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis I listened to The Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis as an audiobook in my early 20s, having never made it beyond The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and Prince Caspian when I was younger. I was checking
📚Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions by Gregory Koukl I was on a bus taking a church or school trip…I think. The memory is hazy around the edges, but its core is seared into my mind. I don’t remember who I was with, where we
The longer you're a Christian, the easier it can be to lose that original thrill of God you once experienced. Here is something you can do about that.
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📚The Return of the Prodigal Son by Henri Nouwen It was 2019 when I picked up a book that changed me. I honestly don't recall another book that has impacted me so deeply. I went back through my journals to recall everything I felt during that time—I
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📚Disappointment with God by Philip Yancey It was in the late 90’s when I first read Disappointment with God by Philip Yancey. I know, many people are now disappointed with Yancey, and rightly so. However, the truth in that book from 1988 is still truth today. I had a
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📚The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis My all-time favorite author is C.S. Lewis. Both his fiction and nonfiction are so captivating and full of wisdom. I love his space trilogy, and of course, the Chronicles of Narnia are—chef’s kiss. But my absolute favorite book of
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📚I've Seen the End of You by W. Lee Warren A friend of mine at church once brought to my attention that when he hears me pray for people, he finds it interesting that I always pray for what they are asking for, yet I always add a
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📚The Circle Trilogy by Ted Dekker I was in high school when I read The Circle Trilogy by Ted Dekker. I was tearing through stories at that time in my life. Most were science fiction (actually, most were Star Wars). It was exciting to get lost in other worlds. Homework,
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📚Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices In Everyday Life by Tish Harrison Warren I was sitting cross-legged on the dining room floor changing my infant son’s diaper, crumbs and toys scattered everywhere, overwhelmed with the responsibilities of the care and keeping of a home and the 24/7–
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How Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire shaped me as a teenager.
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📚Romans: The New Man, An Exposition of Chapter 6 by D.M. Lloyd-Jones Above my computer screen hangs a portrait facsimile of D.M. Lloyd-Jones, affectionately called the Doctor. I was a newly born-again Christian in my early 20s as I entered my pastor’s office. Wide-
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📚Calm My Anxious Heart by Linda Dillow The spring of 2023 marked a difficult season in my life. It was not a season of depression or discouragement, but rather one of listlessness. My husband and I had been living in Honduras as missionaries for about six months, and I was
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📚The Heart of a Servant Leader: Letters from Jack Miller by C. John Miller I was a tired pastor, discouraged with my ministry and my Christian life. I needed something that would help, but I didn’t know what that could be. Somehow, I came across a book by another