Category Archives: Christian Living

The Walking Dead vs. The Living God (Ephesians 2:1-7)

Posted on November 4, 2026 by salooper57

Now here’s the thing: people (and animals) can be dead to one kind of stimuli and alive to another. A mouse can be alive to the cookie it finds lying on an abandoned math book, but dead to the calculus within. (So can a high school student.) Continue reading →

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Finding Your Frequency: Hearing God in a Noisy World

Posted on October 31, 2026 by salooper57

This alignment with God that I’m calling coherence enables a person to obey God and hold out against temptation. When a person is in a state of incoherence (out of alignment with God), temptation seems too good to refuse, for sin makes sense and feels right (or maybe just inevitable). Continue reading →

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Never Stop Trusting God: James 1:1-8 and the Purpose of Life’s Trials

Posted on October 28, 2026 by salooper57

If, in the Spring of 1941, England had given in, what might the world look like today? If today you or I give in – to temptation or despair, or to the promise of ease at the cost of integrity – what will our lives look like tomorrow? Continue reading →

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The Fruitful Disciple (John 5:1-8)

Posted on October 20, 2026 by salooper57

A fruitless disciple is a contradiction, an unfulfillment, a broken promise. If the life of Jesus is not producing fruit in us, something is not right. If we belong to Jesus, we should be fruitful. Continue reading →

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“Help My Unbelief”: How Great Figures in Faith Navigated Doubt

Posted on October 17, 2026 by salooper57

What most people don’t know is that a year after his Aldersgate experience, Wesley wrote in his journal, “I know that I am not a Christian. I know it because I do not feel that I love God and his Son Jesus Christ as my Savior.” Continue reading →

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