A prayer for pregnancy after miscarriage, plus the Isaiah 49 verse God spoke to someone who had just accused God of forgetting them. Honest, not formulaic.
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Why Did Jesus Need to Eat and Sleep If He Was God?
Why did Jesus need to eat and sleep if he was God? John 4:6 calls him wearied, and the Greek behind it is the same word he used for everyone else worn out.
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Honour Thy Father and Thy Mother: What Jesus Said It Meant
Honour thy father and thy mother is quoted to force contact. But the one time Jesus took up this commandment, the argument was about money, not obedience.
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Greek Word for Lamb: What Does ‘Amnos’ Really Mean?
The Greek word for lamb, amnos (G286), appears just four times in the New Testament – and not one of them describes an actual animal. Plus the verb in John 1:29 that means lift and carry off, not cover over.
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Financial Hardship? The Law Wrote a Cheaper Offering, and Jesus’ Family Brought It
Financial hardship and the Bible: the law set a cheaper offering for anyone who could not afford a lamb, and Luke records that Jesus’ own family brought it.
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Betrayed by a Friend: How to Trust Again When It Wasn’t a Breakup
Betrayed by a friend? Why the advice all assumes a marriage, why this loss gets no ritual, and how to put the weight down before you decide about them.
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How to Follow Jesus When You Don’t Feel Anything
How to follow Jesus when you don’t feel anything: Peter’s answer in John 6 has no feeling in it, and Luke alone says the disciples slept for sorrow.
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Unique Christian Gifts for Someone Who Left Church
Unique Christian gifts for someone who left church: the three bars this gift has to clear, what 1 Peter 3:1 means by being won “without the word,” and what to write on the card.
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Why You’re Tired of Being the One Who Always Gives
Tired of being the one who always gives? The problem is not how much you give. It is which kind of giving never reaches you on the way out, and how to tell them apart.
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Is “Patience Is a Virtue” in the Bible? Not a Verse
“Patience is a virtue” is not a Bible verse. The oldest version is from a Roman schoolbook, and in the KJV the scarce word is not patience – it is virtue.