The Holy Spirit is the enabler of the Christian life. He helps, counsels, comforts, and advocates for us (John 14:16). He speaks to us through Scripture, fellow believers, visions and dreams, and impressions upon the believer’s heart. This article is about that last category–impressions, sometimes called promptings or whispers. Many Christians struggle to know the …
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The Curve At the start of this year, I was brought on as Ministry Development Leader at Innerfire. One of my first projects was preparing the Haiti Missionaries episode of our podcast for release. We were blessed with the opportunity to speak to some of the Mennonite missionaries who were held hostage in Haiti shortly …
Intentionality. We hear about it all the time. You have heard the phrases, “We want to be really intentional about this” or “She is so intentional in her relationships.” Maybe you have even said them. Everyone agrees that intentionality is good, and we need it. But you will not find the word in the Bible. …
Marriage and Commitment Marriage is the oldest of all social institutions. The second person God created was the wife of the first (Gen. 2:18-24). The world’s first two people were also its first married couple. Like many of our oldest institutions, marriage is being challenged. While the ratio of divorces to marriages (a whopping 1:2) …
Why Should I Commit to Just One Person My Entire Life? Read More »
There is an age-old question that was most famously uttered by Pilate as he was examining Jesus, “What is truth?” If Pilate had a question about it two thousand years ago, imagine how much more confused he would be today! However, the reality is that our trouble is not in knowing the truth, it is …
As Christians, confession is a fundamental aspect of our faith. From the time we are little tikes, we are taught that it is one of the ABCs of salvation–admit, believe, confess. Though almost all of us give our intellectual assent to this core principle, as with many other things, we are much less inclined to …
If you are anything like me, sometimes your spiritual life just stalls out. Church feels like going through the motions, your quiet times are having little to no impact, God seems far away, and you certainly do not feel like you are growing in the faith. While I do believe that the vibrancy of our …
In recent weeks, I have been pondering the topic of submission—specifically, a Christian wife’s calling to submit to her husband. Though I have heard the topic mentioned in passing throughout my years in the church, I cannot say I have ever heard this topic truly expounded upon. And there is reason for that—it is not a particularly popular or “culturally relevant” …
If you are reading this on Friday, April 2, 2021, today is Good Friday. And if your raising was anything like my own, you may be thinking, “What exactly is Good Friday all about?” For many years, Protestants have shied away from recognizing days such as Maundy Thursday and Good Friday, for fear of seeming too Catholic, but …
Could it be that after singing a song all your life, that one day you hear it for the first time? Such is the case for me and the song, “I Am Thine, O Lord.” As I, with intentionality, gave my spiritual attention to abiding daily, even moment by moment, in Christ, I came across …
