Posts by Truth and Life
Spiritual Growth
Spiritual growth begins when one accepts Jesus Christ as the true Son of God. From there on true spirituality becomes the process of sanctification being done in us. The work of Francis A. Schaeffer has been extremely helpful in explaining the ways this process can take place in each of us.
Read MoreWhen the Family Worships God
“Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”John 4:13-14 Family worship carries us through a world that is hostile to God. Samaria was hostile…
Read MoreHappy Ever After
It’s a fairy tale phrase that refers to a happy ending, a wish extended to a couple just married. How long these unions last is not magical, subject as these unions are to circumstances beyond one’s control. The unions remain important. The reason why is because this “fairy tale thing” is ordained by God, meaning…
Read MoreChristian Fellowship in the 21st Century
In his book, The Shallows, Nicholas Carr quotes David Levi as saying “Today, more information is available to us [through the internet] than ever before but there is less time to make use of it—specifically to make use of it with any depth of reflection. Tomorrow it will be worse.” Carr gives credit for the…
Read MoreSecular Humanism
There was a time when religious beliefs shaped the way we thought about the world, defined who we are, and guided us in our relationships. Most of all, it shaped the way we thought about death. Not anymore. Such beliefs have been replaced by theories that come from the social sciences, economics, and from political…
Read MoreAt The Name of Jesus
By myself I have sworn, my mouth has uttered in all integrity a word that will not be revoked: before me every knee will bow; by me every tongue will swear.Isaiah 45:23 These words are so profound that the Apostle Paul repeats them. It is written: “‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord, ‘every knee will bow…
Read MoreWhat does it mean to accept Christ?
It has been the writings of people like Francis Schaeffer and Nancy Pearcey that have drawn our attention to C. S. Lewis’ suggestion that we must keep “the clean breeze of the centuries blowing through our minds.” Nicholas Carr’s best seller The Shallows may indicate that we have lost those minds due to what the…
Read MoreGuest Blog
This blog was written by Folake Olumide. She has just received her Doctorate in HR. She publishes a meditation on the Word of God. These meditations published in her 70 Day Devotionals have always been a source of inspiration to us. LET’S TALK! “My heart has heard you say, “Come and talk with me’” And…
Read MoreThe Hope That Is Within You
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear: 1 Peter 3:15 kjv When Peter wrote this he had the words of Isaiah in mind. But when he seeth…
Read MoreBeyond Appearance
Somewhere in my files I chanced upon this writing. Unfortunately, there was no name to which I can give credit other than I am grateful to whomever wrote it. It is worth sharing. Our house was directly across the street from the clinic entrance of Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. We lived downstairs and rented…
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