by Jesse Richardson | Mar 23, 2016 | Blog, Jesse Richardson
Jesus Is Always Faithful Article by Jackie Hill Perry Imagine the shift in mood among Jesus’s disciples during that last Passover meal. In the midst of such a celebratory moment, Jesus tells his men that the wine they drink represents his soon-to-be-shed blood and the...
by Jesse Richardson | Mar 21, 2016 | Blog, Jesse Richardson
Make the Most of Holy Week Article by David Mathis In one sense, there’s nothing special about “Holy Week.” Just another sequence of eight days each spring — nothing is intrinsically holy about this Sunday to Sunday that moves around the calendar each year. We have no...
by Jesse Richardson | Feb 11, 2016 | Blog, Jesse Richardson
Article by Tabor Laughlin When I arrived at Southern Seminary’s campus in August 2013, I’d already been living in China for eight years and was leading a small missions organization there that I’d helped start a couple years earlier. I’d taken some classes online at...
by Jesse Richardson | Jan 20, 2016 | Blog, Jesse Richardson
Suffering Is Our Story Walking the Well-Worn Path of Pain Suffering tends to produce loneliness. We feel lonely, isolated, sealed off, and detached from others. It is common for us to believe that no one understands our pain. We can be deceived into thinking that God...
by Jesse Richardson | Dec 23, 2015 | Blog, Jesse Richardson
Saint Nicholas and the Origins of Santa Claus FROM Stephen Nichols It might surprise many today to find out that Saint Nicholas (spoiler alert) is a real person after all. Is he the white-bearded man with a red suit, a cap, and a sleigh? Not quite, but he probably was...