“For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only son that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.” – John 3:16 This has to be the most known verse in the entire Bible. We say it so often that I think we no longer pay attention, repeating […]
Living as Salt and Light
God has shown me continually what it truly means to follow Him and be salt and light to the world. As I’ve spent time with Him, learned from His Word, and studied it with others, the Lord has shown me two important parts of following Him – seeking Him and His Truth, and then walking […]
Are You Ready Yet? ll Spoken Word ll
Hey guys! I’m proud to show you my very fist spoken word poem I put on Youtube. This is just the rough version, but I’ll have a more polished video out there eventually, along with several more poems to come. For a little background, this poem came out of my last trip to Haiti […]
A Story from the Mountaintop
Last week I shared just a little bit about my last trip to Haiti. I didn’t tell nearly all of it, though, so I’m going to be writing a few posts here and there with a few stories I think are worth their very own article. So, let’s get to it then. On our fist […]
Reality
Reality. What is it? I mean… really. What is this notion of existence that we call reality? The dictionary defines it as “ The world or the state of things as they actually exist, as opposed to an idealistic or notional idea of them.” The alternate definition is ” The state or quality of having […]
Oh that God would Make Us Dangerous!
I was writing a research essay on the missionary Jim Elliot for school, and I came across a quote that really struck me. It goes as follows: “We are so utterly ordinary, so commonplace, while we profess to know a Power the Twentieth Century does not reckon with. But we are “harmless,” and therefore unharmed. […]
The Safest Place to Be
In the world today, every company advertises the safety of their product; the safest car, car seat, insurance, bank, anything. This generation has been raised in a “safe” world, no immense dangers threaten the children born into the American life. We are comfortable. Have we forgotten, then, that God is in charge over all things, […]