by Nate Stevens | Feb 27, 2021 | Christian Living, Encouragement
And they forsook all and followed Him [Luke 5:11]. There is a cost to discipleship that few people acknowledge or understand. Those who follow Jesus tend to focus on the associated rewards. Those include earthly blessings, personal integrity, closer walk with God,...
by Nate Stevens | Feb 19, 2021 | Christian Living, Encouragement
The entrance of Your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple [Psalm 119:130]. All I managed to do was strip the bolts. I was trying to change the deflated tires on my hand truck. Inflating them was pointless as they were old and well past their...
by Nate Stevens | Jan 24, 2021 | Adversity, Christian Living, Encouragement
If ever there was a time when we needed a safe shelter, it is now. What a messy world! Sickness and death. Mandated masks. Closure of businesses. Loss of freedoms. Restricted interaction. Isolation. Rampant misinformation. Slanted media. Unreliable sources. Mob...
by Nate Stevens | Dec 17, 2020 | Christian Living
Who can understand his errors? Cleanse me from secret faults. Keep back Your servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me. [Psalm 19:12-13] While vacuuming one day, I noticed the vacuum container was full. Being a dutiful husband, I took on...
by Nate Stevens | Dec 9, 2020 | Christian Living, Encouragement
For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect [Matthew 24:24]. Why is God specifically angry with false prophets, false teachers, and false religious leaders? Why did Jesus specifically warn...
by Nate Stevens | Nov 30, 2020 | Christian Living, Encouragement
As Christians, why do we continue to shoot ourselves in the feet—or worse, in the back? “Friendly fire” is a military term referring to casualties suffered as a result of accidentally shooting those on the same side in the chaos of war. I find this term quite fitting...
