Compassion didn’t come out of nowhere. It came to the world from God and His incarnate Son. Mercy is not to be found in Christless world. The standards of a fallen humanity include hardness of heart, cruelty, and malice. The Bible, on the other hand, is a treasure of compassion, as
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By Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun – Collection of the prince Ludwig von Hessen und bei Rhein, Wolfsgarten Castle, Germany., Public Domain “Can a Christian be a fashion designer?” That question was put to me recently after I taught a session on worldview and life work to a group of young
In two recent posts, (Compassion, the Noun That Used to be a Verb and Mom’s Compassion is Like God … and So is Dad’s) we examined some of the Bible’s key vocabulary about compassion. God himself is the author of compassion. If we are serious about compassion, we must understand
“He has made everything beautiful in its time.” Ecclesiastes 3:11 Christian artists today have a terrible conflict understanding the purpose of their gift. If their work does not talk about Jesus directly, does it still have value? Can they work on productions with non-Christians? When some see a magnificent building, painting,
This month, we are excited to annouce the release of a new Bible study: Servanthood, The Vocation of Every Christian. The Disciple Nations Alliance champions church-based transformational ministry. Our mission is to help believers function intentionally from a Biblical worldview, and then incarnate the truth by demonstrating Christ-like love in
While this transformative prayer of contemplation is all God’s doing and not our doing, we can be prepared vessels to receive his initiative. Just as the healing of the land was God’s doing and not man’s in 2 Chronicles 7:14, the people of Israel were to be prepared for God
Once we have entered into relationship with the Beautiful One, how do we come further up and further in? One of the ways into deeper communion with God is what some saints have called contemplative prayer. This may be the heart’s reflection and longing for the Beautiful – the living
Have you ever looked at a beautiful sunset? I don’t mean just “watched it set,” but did you really see it? Have you seen it in your soul? A sunset is not merely beautiful, it is a portal to Beauty! So, too, is the star filled sky, the form of
This is post 3 of 9 in the series “Music that Writes Culture” Music that Writes Culture, Part 1 Music that Writes Culture, Part 2 Music that Writes Culture, Part 3 Music that Writes Culture, Part 4 Music that Writes Culture, Part 5 Music that Writes Culture, Part 6 Music
