It’s the shortest verse in the Bible (John 11:35). When I was growing up, it was the memory verse that we always begged our Sunday School teachers to give us. It’s a widely known verse, yet it’s a verse that I don’t think most followers of Christ understand the full significance of. Here, we have […]
I had this strong desire to write a few specific things in one of my (paper) journals. I get the journal out and discover I’ve lost my good pen. I then realize how bad tomorrow would have been if I had gone through all my classes without a proper writing implement. It’s small things like […]
One of the Christian traditions that many evangelical Christians have never experienced is lent. While this tradition isn’t important to a person’s salvation or anything along those lines, tradition can help us prepare for big celebrations in the life of the church and see that our faith today is part of a larger story that […]
Earlier today, I was reading out of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Life Together. Bonhoeffer was a German pastor during World War II who was martyred for helping escaping Jews and opposing Hitler. I found the following passage particularly meaningful to me. It talks about the reasons for Christians singing songs together. The short of it is that […]
What should the role of Christians be in politics? That’s a very tough question to answer, because different situations call for different responses. Also, politics is an area where Christians have been granted a large amount of liberty, so it’s important to remember that different godly people have come to different conclusions here. For discussion […]
The following text was delivered by Ryan Newcomb in October 2003 at Prepare the Way 2: A vtONE event. It’s a touching story of why it is important that Christians, especially Christian leaders prepare themselves for spiritual attack. If you’re working with the goal of advancing the kingdom of God, you’re working against Satan’s plan, […]
Ohio State University’s prayer movement, LoveOSU, finishes up a week of continuous prayer on Saturday at midnight. They’ve been praying in their prayer house nonstop since last Saturday, and they’re already seeing cool things happen as a result of their prayers. However, they are being spiritually attacked, which confirms that they’re doing God’s will, otherwise, […]
I want to highlight an excellent essay by Brian of Zealous Endeavor on surrendering all areas of our lives to God. He writes: As we begin to take seriously this life to which we are called, we must surrender wholly to His will, to His leading, to His Word, and to His commands. We must […]
I wrote this post several weeks ago, but never actually posted it. The blog has been silent for a while, so I figured I’d go ahead and post it. Watch for a more substantial post in the next few days. I recently finished reading The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren. I had previously read […]
The more that I look around me, the more I’m amazed by all the awesome things that God is doing on this campus, and all around the country and the world in my generation. I’m not only seeing more and more young leaders accept Christ, but I’m also seeing a passion in this generation to […]