Category Archives: forgiveness
Our Salvation Is Quite Sure
My favorite of all the apostles is John, “the disciple whom Jesus loved.” I love his Gospel, and the three epistles that he wrote, and of course, Revelation. There are a couple of things I love about John’s writings: He reminds his readers that he was an eye witness to Jesus life, death, and resurrection. [...]
Are You a Half-Shekel Short?
How much money a person has can make a big difference in many things in life. It can mean the difference between shopping for groceries as Whole Foods or WinCo, or not being able to shop at all but having to go to a food bank instead. Money can mean the difference between driving a BMW, [...]
Dipped in Shame
“All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face.” Psalm 44:15 Some of us truly understand shame. It’s like we have been dipped in it, we have wallowed in it and things are sticking to us. We live out our lives in disgrace and in the sense of nasty embarrassment [...]
Depression and Diabetes
For some reason lately I’ve been thinking about the similarities between diabetes and depression. I know that depression can be one of the complications of diabetes, but that is something I learned only when I did a little research about diabetes and isn’t what I want to share about these two diseases. Caveat: I am [...]
Joy is Not Optional
The test of Christian character should be that a man is a joy-bearing agent to the world. –Henry Ward Beecher The last ten days have been quite difficult. I have lived in a separated state with the Lord and that is not anything that I can tolerate or endure. I have gone into this period of [...]
Dreaming of Forgiveness
This article was originally posted on my blog, Linda Kruschke’s Blog, here. When Pr. Bryan asked me to contribute to Broken Believers, I knew this was one post I wanted to share here. Important caveat: In this article I am not suggesting that unforgiveness or other unrepentant sin is the root of all depression. There [...]
Much Sin, Much Love: A Law of the Spirit
“Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven—for she loved much. But he who is forgiven little, loves little.” I have been a disciple of Jesus for almost 30 years. But it seems that I really haven’t been a desperate lover of Jesus until recently. I have seen a lot of stuff, made a [...]
A Day in the Life of a Mentally Ill Patient
6:30 am. ”Rise and shine,” but you simply just live and walk , in this kind of a desperate fog, Simply put, ‘there will be no sunshine for you today.’ But, which only just seems to really matter to us, who have no hope. You exchange brief greetings with your roommate, which only just seems proper, even at this level. [...]
When Sin Brutalizes You
When Our Sin Overwhelms Us “There are three things for certain. #1 You will never forget your sins. #2 God has forgotten them. #3 The Devil will try to make you remember your sins. The question is who are we going to side with? God says our sins are past, cleansed, and gone. You cannot go on with [...]