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Hm, waiting. Sounds painful, right? Well, that's my issue in a nutshell. It hasn't been too long since I felt like I am ready for a long-term commitment. At first, the answer was to wait. I was also told some of the reasons why. However, the wait message has subsided as I have followed through...

I see others around me. Barely anyone a Christian. And yet, they are all cheerful, even when bad things happen. Then there is I, whose thought are constantly assaulted by unwelcome thoughts and my inner voice telling me all that is wrong, only held in check by the voice of God, which is...

Sometimes, especially under stress, my self-confidence makes a nose dive right into Satan's wine-cellar. Being a person that is overly focused on tasks and duty, I can't really shut down, relax and do something that makes me happy. As such, negative voices keep building. I lose hope that I will...

Hey folks. A little bit of an issue came up that I am not sure how to handle. To say that God dropped a nuke on my head would be a bit of understatement. After I moved to a new location, I finally decided that I feel ready to join a church community. I met a guy there and he invited me to visit...

I have been thinking about my relationship with God and there is one issue, that I find difficult to address. You see, if I were to describe my relationship with Him, "love" wouldn't be the word. The thing is, I find it very hard to define love and it is not a word I very often. No, the first...

Is lying ever justified? Let me give you two examples. The first one is fictional. In the book Les Miserables from Victor Hugo, the prisoner Valjean, who was on parole, stole silver from a priest. However, when he was caught and brought before the priest, he made up a lie and said that he gave...

I have a good friend from Colorado Springs, who is also a Christian. Life has hit him hard, but he is recovering. One major issue is that his wife has cancer and their funds are limited. Natural remedies ontop of professional help has been working very well. However, lately she has deviated from...

I am less than two months away from starting med school... and I found out I have the Hepatitis B virus and chances are, that it is chronic. I had a vaccination, but apparently it did not trigger an immune response. This appears to be negligence from my physician, as it should've been tested...

This topic has started to bother me. And I am not speaking as a paranoid conspiracy theorist, but as a Christian first and aspiring medical professional second. My main issue comes with not knowing how much is tied to the body and how much to a non-comporeal entity, namely the soul. There are...

I was browing through some old youtube videos and I noticed a someone made a video about an incident in 2016. Here is the article, if you want a reference. In short, a disabled woman had trouble with her car and called a tow truck. The man arrived, saw that she was a Bernie supporter, told her...

Hey, folks. Recently, God directed me to reach a new milestone. A lot of it has to do with diligence and personal development. However, I noticed that a certain issue stands in the way of that development. Trust. Or lack thereof. Let me explain: I am a careful person and hesitant to believe in...

Having finally overcome my reservations about church communities, I found my desire to be baptized. This usually includes a few weeks of studying things about bible and church, which I do not understand, but it isn't bothering me. What bothers me is that they practice baptism without immersion...

Things are getting more tense in the family. Well, at least for me, anyway. I am stuck with them until the end of August. None are Christians, which makes it rather difficult for me. The problem is that I've simply had enough. I wouldn't go so far as to say that I hate them, but I would be happy...

Could someone please expain how unconditional election and evangelism fit together? Is it the case that of all those that hear the gospel, only the elect would react to it and follow Christ as a result?

I wish to get this one of my chest. When I look around, I always need to to think of 18:8. Will the Son of Man find faith of earth? How many people truly bear the fruits of the spirit? How many truly possess saving faith? I do not know what goes on in the hearts of individuals. However, so many...

I have stumbled across the following text/post: I have no idea what Chassidic literature is, neither do I care, so please refrain from making it a topic. I took the text at face value and, from what I am able to gather, it contradicts biblical teaching. However, I do not have perfect...

I am a lazy bum, I admit that. And stubborn. But luckily, God is even more stubborn. The Spirit seems to have other plans than I. For example, I received an important email, but I wanted to reply later and started to put the phone away. Nope. My body overflowed with that feeling that I need to...

Here it is. The big one. I was urged by the Spirit to abandon economics after my degree. Ever since then I decided I wanted to go into medicine and work with terminally ill patients (palliative medicine). God must have had a hand in this, for not only did He help me overcome my laziness, but I...

I mean, why are they even a thing? Aren’t we all in the same boat, trying to glorify the same God and being saved by the same Christ? And yet some guys tell me to believe one thing, other to believe another thing, and they all blame each other for spreading misinformation. I do not care what you...

This one really irks me. When people, ask me whether I am religious, I am always inclinded to say no and I feel really uncomfortable saying things like “I converted the Christianity”. You see, I feel it is strange to describe the following of Christ as a religion. Religion is something...