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...
by Jesse Richardson | Dec 10, 2015 | Blog, Jesse Richardson
Keeping the Heart in Our Christmas Traditions I made spritz cookies the other day — those beautiful cookies that look like Christmas trees and taste like almonds and butter, sprinkled with colored sugar on top. For those of us of Scandanavian or Germanic background...
by Jesse Richardson | Oct 15, 2015 | Blog, Jesse Richardson
Is Church Membership Biblical? – By Matt Chandler “The spouse of Christ cannot be adulterous; she is uncorrupted and pure. She knows one home; she guards with chaste modesty the sanctity of one couch. She keeps us for God. She appoints the sons whom she has born...
by Jesse Richardson | Sep 17, 2015 | Blog, Jesse Richardson
Five Ways to Go from Head Knowledge to Heart Application by Josh Squires Sometimes you get to share with someone an idea that they’ve never heard before. And that idea absolutely revolutionizes the way they think about themselves or others — or even God himself....
by Jesse Richardson | Jul 16, 2015 | Blog, Jesse Richardson
Seven Subtle Symptoms of Pride by Fabienne Harford Pride will kill you. Forever. Pride is the sin most likely to keep you from crying out for a Savior. Those who think they are well will not look for a doctor. As seriously dangerous as pride is, it’s equally hard to...
