About 80 boys sat facing the front of the church intently focusing their eyes on Chaplain Matt, waiting to hear words of wisdom. But instead, he asked them, “Who here wears glasses?” What? Glasses? What does that have to do with anything? As Chaplain Matt continued, he shared that glasses give us a view of…
How can someone know how to verse map the Bible and yet not know how to understand the Bible at all? I’ll tell you how. When I was a sophomore in college, I was required to take an Inductive Bible Study Class of the New Testament book of John. My weekly assignments to my professor…
One Summer afternoon. I was sitting on the couch, eyes staring at the ceiling. But I wasn’t just enjoying the summer sunlight streaming through the window. I was desperately asking the question, “What is my purpose in life?” I had been unemployed for nearly six months. Even though I had submitted my resume to many…
For three years we had been planning to build our forever home in my husband’s hometown. It all changed in a matter of about a week. Did I hear God wrong? It’s only natural to ask this question, “Did I hear God wrong?” when things seem like God is leading in one direction and then…
This month I’ve been focusing on the spiritual fruit of faithfulness and it has really helped me to be more sensitive to the topic of faithfulness and loyalty in the Bible. Even this morning I was finishing up reading in the book of Ezra when the very words “And the leaders and officials have led the…