Gather ’round, folks, because I have a story to tell you. Sometime after I finished writing Numb, I realized that I wasn’t quite done telling stories in that universe yet. My mind kept churning, wondering what was happening in the Ministrix and Praesidium after Crusader and Isolda’s adventure. And pretty…
In Romans, Paul encourages us to confess and believe so that we might be saved. Over the last two weeks, we looked a little at what it means to confess. But Paul says that when we’re Christian, we believe as well as confess. Sounds simple enough, right? But what, exactly,…
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Last week, we took a look at one way that we confess, namely when we confess our sins. But confessing has another meaning, one that I believe is just as important. “Confessing” is also a way that we take our stand about what we believe as Christians. Jesus puts it…
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So what does it mean to be a follower of Jesus? What does it look like? Is there an easy way to sum it all up in just a word or two? Maybe. In Romans 10, Paul writes this: …if you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and…
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But I mean really, how could you have missed it? Yesterday the first teaser trailer for Star Wars Episode VII The Force Awakens hit the internet like a storm. But just in case some of you were still in a food coma and/or trapped in a Black Friday-related incident, here’s…
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I know that many of you are probably in the throes of getting ready for annual turkey-coma day, also known colloquially as Thanksgiving. This is one of those holidays that are loaded with family traditions. I used to have a Thanksgiving tradition that I haven’t had the joy to experience…