Category Archives: Discipleship

Not always Wonderful, Great, and Amazing

Posted on November 26, 2022 by Wisdomforlife

Have we created a Christian culture that encourages expectations of uninterrupted happiness? Are we comfortable with being uncomfortable? Can we accept the fact that it sometimes doesn’t feel good to be a Christian? Continue reading →

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7 truths about God’s discipline

Posted on September 17, 2022 by Wisdomforlife

Should this be part of all discipleship of new believers? Continue reading →

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When you feel deserted

Posted on September 16, 2022 by Wisdomforlife

Do you feel forsaken? Abandoned? Deserted? There is hope! Continue reading →

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A Christian understanding of Government

Posted on September 13, 2022 by Wisdomforlife

Democracy is not an achievement secured but an experiment to be advanced. It is both gift and task. Continue reading →

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Alone in the secret place with God

Posted on September 12, 2022 by Wisdomforlife

To understand that the work of prayer involves a learning process saves us from arrogantly dismissing it as false or unreal.

“One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When He finished, one of His disciples said to Him, ‘Lord, teach us to pray’” Continue reading →

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Two builders and a catastrophic storm

Posted on September 3, 2022 by Wisdomforlife

Sometimes a storm of crisis or calamity reveals what manner of person we are, for ‘true piety is not fully distinguished from its counterfeit till it comes to the trial’ Continue reading →