by Stuart | 9 Sep 2022 | Reviews
Taylor Schumann grew up in a God, Guns, and Country culture. Her family owned guns and, with them, she staunchly defended the God-given right to gun ownership. Then she was shot. At work. And no good guy with a gun stepped in to save her. It sparked her rethinking of...
by Stuart | 17 Aug 2022 | Reviews
Preston Sprinkle’s approach to theology is interesting. He does not shy away from tough subjects and, at least on his podcast, he engages with a wide array of voices. Because he embraces a posture of listening more than engaging, listening to one episode may skew your...
by Stuart | 4 Jul 2022 | Devotionals, Knowing Jesus
The prophet Isaiah once compared Israel to a fruitful vine (5:7). Historians tell us that this symbol became so precious to God’s people that they decorated the temple with an elaborate carving of a vineyard. One Bible dictionary paints the picture: In the temple at...
by Stuart | 1 Jul 2022 | Devotionals, Knowing Jesus
Admission time: Needles terrify me. As a rule, I’m okay with dental needles, but I live in dread of regular injections. I recognise that it is a highly irrational fear, because injections never actually hurt very much and, unlike many others I know, I’ve never known...
by Stuart | 30 Jun 2022 | Devotionals, Knowing Jesus
In the face of death, Christians frequently embrace, as a form of hope, the promise that the deceased is “absent from the body” but “present with the Lord” (2 Corinthians 5:8). This is typically taken to mean that the soul, separated from the body, goes immediately...
