The Christmas Rush
It was an exciting time for the little town of Bethlehem where life was usually quiet and predictable. But ever since Caesar Augustus had ordered everyone back to his birthplace to be counted in the census, life had begun to stir!
Housewives cleaned and baked in preparation for the arrival of relatives who seldom passed that way. Young girls fashioned...
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Trusting God to Give
Late last year I realized I was fooling myself.
I grew up in a Christian home and have been taught to tithe my entire life. I can still remember the little blue tin I put the tithe from my paper route into. In my head I knew that all the money was God’s money. I knew that tithing was a discipline. But somehow, in the last year or two,...
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Our Favorite Summer Reads
Looking for some good books to lounge with this summer?
Here are some reads we, the staff and writers of TruthMedia, have enjoyed--some just for fun, others for spiritual formation.
Happy reading!
Christian novels
Black, Red, and White: The Circle Trilogy, by Ted Dekker
With great imagination, Dekker puts the intimate relationship...
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Time to Risk
"Follow Me” was Jesus’ call to His disciples. I wonder what went through their minds as they left everything and followed Him.
It was the call to follow I resisted. I believed in Jesus but the call to follow felt like “time to risk”. Would following Jesus change my life? Would He lead me where I did not want to go? I tried everything...
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A Miracle in You
The story is well known. A very large group of people, over 5,000, were following Jesus one day. They were listening to His teachings. The day was getting long, mealtime was past. Jesus and His disciples began discussing the question of feeding the crowd. Andrew spoke up saying, "There's a little boy here with a lunch of 5 barley loaves and 2 small...
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Embracing Stillness in Our Lives
Angela was exhausted as she opened her front door. She hesitated for a moment as she surveyed the aftermath of that morning s frenzy. What had her life come to? Each day consisted of a frenzied rush as she struggled to fulfill family, work, home and volunteer obligations. There was no margin in her schedule. She realized that things had really got...
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