Category: Persecution

Dealing with Despair

There are so many questions we have about life, the most common of which might be why do bad things happen to good people. Instead of bogging our minds down with all…

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Jesus Knows Me, This I Love

Yesterday, we talked about two reasons why I (and hopefully you) love Jesus. We spoke of His love for us that was made manifest in standing before an angry crowd and speaking…

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Beating Bitterness, Part 2

A little less than a year ago, I released a post called “beating bitterness“. It was a part of our Tough Stuff Tuesdays posts that focus on things we generally don’t focus…

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Leading Ladies: Hannah

The story of Hannah in 1 Samuel 1 & 2 is a beautiful, absolutely relatable one. From the moment we read about her, we see the pain and struggles she is facing.…

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Cut to the Heart

The phrase ‘cut to the heart’ is one that I can empathize with. You see, there have been multiple times in my life that I have been cut to the heart. Once,…

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Behave Like a Roman

Being a Roman citizen and being a Christian in the first century would have proven difficult. Those who were against Christianity would make a sport of killing Christians: throwing them in the…

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