It's easy to criticize what other believers are doing based on what we think they should be doing. The disciples felt they knew best who ought and ought not to be about Jesus' work and how and in what way - and sometimes, so do we. [Click title to read more.]
Author: samaritansong
Christian, Scholar, Servant. Striving for a life of deep joy and steady prayer. I run the Samaritan's Song blog - www.thesamaritansong.com - and am currently writing a book.
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What It Really Means To Overlook Offense
We Christians like to think we're good at forgiving. We aren't, for a lot of reasons. [Click title to read more.]
The Peril of Forgetting Jonathan
If you're a believer, you surely have a Jonathan - a person you've leaned on, someone who understands you, who has helped you, who has ministered to you in a time of need. [Click title to read more.]
The Hunger Blessing Six-Week Study: Week One Now Available
A new six-week Bible study is beginning. Let's cultivate a hunger for God together. [Click title to read more.]
The Difference Between Real and Abstract Belief
I suspect that for believers it's easier and more comforting to face Christ's return or our return to Him in a sort of happy abstract rather than as a realistic possibility: those events are coming, they're out there, and they matter, but we don't always regard them with a profound sense of urgency. [Click title to read more.]
Speak (Positively) With Your Wallet
The thing is, it's easy to take advantage of Christians offering services or ministries by pointing to "Christian charity" as the reason you should be able to enjoy those services for free. [Click title to read more.]
Upcoming Six-Week Study: The Hunger Blessing
I'm starting a new six-week Bible study on April 3: The Hunger Blessing. I hope you'll join in! [Click title to read more.]
Finding The Significant In The Small
We should be about the big business of faith, and not about the little business of fretting over forgetfulness and fines and library books. But what if the big business of faith does involve the little things? [Click title to read more.]
Do Not Let Easter Be A Culmination
It strikes me sometimes that we Christians are great at events. We know how to do Easter. We know how to do Christmas. We can make killer dinners and plays and cookouts. But an event is not a ministry. [Click title to read more.]
Believers Don’t Need To Be Friends To Be Family
As Christians, I think we sometimes feel that if we're not good friends with all our fellow believers, we're doing it wrong. That if our brothers and sisters are not also our constant brunch buddies and going-out companions and soul siblings, we've failed or we won't be able to maintain a Christlike relationship. But that isn't true. [Click title to read more.]
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