Here’s Why “Gratitude Motivation” Isn’t Biblical—and What’s Better
I’m grateful It’s the season of Advent. “The Coming.” I’m preparing for “the coming” of all four of our children, with their spouses, together for Christmas for the first time in 6 years. Maybe “the coming” of a new little niece, our second granddaughter,...Blessings Are Not Sweet Little Things (Guest Post by Deborah Brunt)
Deborah Brunt is an abuse survivor who blogs at Key Truths. ***** In the Deep South, you know you’re in trouble when someone says, “Bless your heart!” It means, by translation, “Wow! What a hopeless mess you’re in!” or, “Wow! What a hopeless fool you are!” or, “Wow,...What’s the Best Way for Us to Bring Glory to God?
This is a burden on my heart (that I pulled from yesterday’s post because it deserved its own) because I believe this understanding is crucial to becoming the people of God He has called us to be. I pray it will help someone the way similar teachings helped me...Here’s What’s Wrong With God Looking Through the “Filter” of Jesus to See His Children
It’s supposed to be encouraging when we hear that God the Father sees His children through the filter of His Son Jesus Christ. I’ve seen Christians almost come to tears when they talk about how God the Father is wearing “blood-colored glasses” to look at us, seeing...Faith in All It’s Splendor
That error in the title—did it make you wince? Take a minute to focus on it in all its awfulness, that apostrophe that shouldn’t be there. That’s the way I felt the entire time I was reading this book over the Thanksgiving break I spent at a friend’s...
I’m Rebecca Davis, a trauma-informed writer, book coach, speaker, compassionate witness, prayer minister, and lover of Jesus who lives in Greenville, South Carolina.
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