Dan Delzell
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Relationship suffocation requires the breath of God
Your family, your friendships, your job, and your spiritual life all exist in a bubble, and each one of these air bubbles requires oxygen. Whenever you are not receiving enough oxygen, or you are stifling someone else's air flow, the suffocating effects can be agonizing.
Resentment hinders cynics from becoming skeptics
“I had about 40 atheists gathered around me. They said it’s not that we hate the God of the Bible. It’s that we despise His followers. And I began to hear stories about how they had been wounded or abused by Christians.”
One planet, one star, one Savior
Do you marvel at the splendor of the Universe, while failing to see the glory of the babe born in Bethlehem? Nature confirms that there is a God, but you will need to know the Savior if you desire to be reconciled to God
Humility is a strange thing
God’s Word instructs us, “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves” (Philippians 2:3). “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble” (James 4:6).
Longing for more than Christmas nostalgia
The sights, songs and smells of the season, along with childhood memories of Christmas, are already warming many hearts. What could be better than Christmas nostalgia, right?
You never have to pretend with God
One of the many benefits of knowing Christ as Savior is that you never have to pretend with God. And the more you express your honest feelings to God, the more your heart will be comforted by the Lord’s amazing grace and unfailing love.
Progressive theology and pornography violate biblical boundaries
Be careful where you allow your mind to wander. If it gets lost, you might never get it back.
The intersection of politics, demons and hate
Christians overflow with God’s power and love whenever we yield our daily thoughts and behavior to the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
Christianity is not rocket science
Christianity is not rocket science, but it does require wisdom from God’s Word and from the Holy Spirit if you are going to understand and believe the good news of the Gospel (2 Timothy 3:15-17; 1 Cor. 2:12-14). Otherwise, all you have to hang your soul on is science. And science cannot transport your body and soul any farther than the moon.
Closing the distance between millennials and God
God came near to you when He left Heaven to come here and die on the cross for your sins and mine. “Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God” (1 Peter 3:18). Will you take the next step to close the distance between yourself and God?