Sherwin Thomas Fear quietly shapes human behavior, directing our choices, silencing our convictions, and bending the truth. Across the Gospel narratives, fear emerges as a dominant force driving human decisions in relation to Jesus. Yet, these passages reveal two vastly different kinds of fear: the debilitating dread of human opinion and the sobering, liberating fear …
Sherwin Thomas From our first gasp to our final exhale, human life is measured in breath. Scripturally, breath is no mere biological reflex; it is the presence, power, and animation of God. Tracing divine breath across Scripture reveals a profound arc: from the initial creation in Eden to its redemptive surrender at Golgotha, and ultimately …
Sherwin Thomas Sherwin Thomas How do we actually make sense of justice? What defines it, and where does it even come from? When you push those questions to their absolute limit, the answer inevitably points back to God. God creates and defines justice. Because we are made in His image, we have an inherent drive …
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Sam Hardman What exactly is Christmas joy? Maybe you haven’t used that particular phrase yourself, but you have probably heard others use it. What does it mean? The very existence of such a phrase suggests the idea that Christmas joy is somehow special, somehow distinct from other kinds of joy. Is it? And if it …
The men and women of the Bible often observed set times of prayer during the day and night. We learn from the Old Testament (e.g. Judges 7:19 and Exodus 14:24) that the night was divided into three “watches”: the first watch, the middle watch, and the morning watch. These were originally used by watchmen to …
Steve Harvey is one of the most recognizable names and faces in American television, especially for his hosting of Family Feud. Today he is famous, rich, and loved by millions. But when Steve Harvey was 26 years old, he “was struggling” and “didn’t have nothing.” A couple in Cleveland, OH, who owned a furniture store, …
After many years of it sitting on one of my bookshelves, I finally decided to read Stephen Hawking’s Brief History of Time. My only reason for this was my realization that I read almost exclusively works of fiction, and that it was my duty to branch out a little. Now, the book itself was somewhat …
A couple of weeks ago, when my parents were in town, we visited a market with different stalls selling different foods from different countries. One was selling Tibetan dumplings. Naturally, our curiosity was piqued, and as my mom held the table, my dad and I went to order. I asked the man if he was …
One tragic and paradoxical consequence of the Fall is this: we have become bent inward, seeing the whole world only with reference to our own wills and desires and self-interest, but at the same time we have lost the ability to see ourselves – and our wants and desires and self-interest – with true objectivity. …
It’s an interesting question, don’t you think? Is suffering the Christian’s friend or is it an enemy? We all have to deal with this question in some way, whether we seek to answer it consciously and explicitly or simply let it linger just below the surface of conscious thought, where it still has consequences for …