Jesus asleep in storm
Angry Jesus
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Anger is a powerful emotion that can strain our personal, professional, and romantic relationships, often leading to conflict that feels insurmountable. Yet, Jesus Christ offers a profound model for managing anger and resolving conflicts with wisdom, grace, and love.

His teachings, particularly in the Sermon on the Mount, provide a roadmap ...

Jesus returning in glory
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When people introduce themselves, they often use titles that communicate something about who they are—words like “Professor,” “Doctor,” “Pastor,” “Colonel”, etc. Even on social media, we invent titles to serve as avatars of identity.

Jesus carried many titles as well—Prince of Peace, Messiah, Son of David, Son of God, Teacher. But the ...

Firetrack responding to an emergency
Comic panels
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Proverbs are succinct, memorable phrases of wisdom, and often carry weight beyond their few words. The ancient Hebrew scriptures took proverbs and turned them into an art form by themselves. They are almost always double-barreled, containing parallel or contrasting thoughts. Especially in the Old Testament book of Proverbs, they serve as spiritual ...

Light shining on a switch
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My wife and I were in the car, and as she often does she asked me to recall the words of a chorus often sung in worship services in our youth — in a time long, long ago, in a country far, far away. The chorus was:

“There’s no night the; there’s no night there; Hallelujah, there’s no night there. For in that city bright, where Jesus is the ...

Complementary colors
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I often express the opinion that we must be living in an upside-down world, because when I read the teachings of Jesus about what the Kingdom of God is like, He seems to have a diametrically opposite view from what we think of as common sense!

But I think as startling as it is for us, his words must have been mind-blowing to those who first ...