The Daily Memo | December 10, 2021 | How Can I Heal from the Hurt of a Broken Relationship?
The world is full of people with broken hearts, broken spirits, and broken relationships. The pain of a broken relationship includes a very real sense of personal loss, not unlike bereavement. Sometimes the hurt is so great it prevents people from functioning properly and, in extreme cases, can result in mental breakdown or even a […]
The Daily Memo | December 9, 2021 | Have a Comparison Free Christmas
I suffer from a disease called chronic disappointment disorder, or CDD. It’s not a real disease; don’t ask your doctor about it. It may be fake, but it affects me—and my celebration of Christmas—in a very real way. For most of my life, the sting of disappointment accompanied every holiday. I felt let down when […]
The Daily Memo | December 8, 2021 | The Zap View of Prayer
Christians have been told over and over that God is almighty. And indeed he is—the God of four hundred billion billion suns. We have been told he is also sovereign. And indeed he is. Perhaps out of respect, we have adopted the notion that if he is going to act, he is going to act […]
The Daily Memo | December 7, 2021 | Why Did God Allow Sin?
Have you ever wondered why God allowed Adam and Eve to sin? Since He’s all-powerful and all-knowing, He certainly was not surprised by their rebellion and could have stopped them from dragging the entire human race into sin and suffering. So why didn’t He? Although we can’t fathom the inscrutable mind of God, Romans 5:20 […]
The Daily Memo | December 6, 2021 | The Hope of Heaven | Stephen
What if you stood before a firing squad and the only way to avoid death was to deny your Lord? Standing before the most powerful Jewish ruling body of the day, Stephen didn’t back down from speaking the truth about his Lord. Stephen undoubtedly felt the leaders’ anger intensify, and he knew that the penalty […]
The Daily Memo | December 3, 2021 | Practice Being Still
Just after they escaped from Egypt, Moses encouraged the Israelites with those words. Perhaps he understood that our natural reaction in moments of uncertainty is to restlessly bounce between anxiety and despair. Feelings of uncertainty can result in the prefrontal cortex in your brain “shutting down”: impairing your ability to solve problems, pay attention, and […]