by Jean A Sturgill | Fundamentals, Learning to Walk, The Body of Christ
Sooner or later, if you live long enough, you’ll have to face personal failure or some other incident that brings you face to face with an unusual moment of clarity. This is the point at which many a lost person will turn to God, and many a backslidden Christian...
by Jean A Sturgill | Learning to Walk, National Concerns, The Body of Christ
On September 28, 2011, Fox News had a report about a teacher who banned students from saying, “Bless you.” The teacher took 25 points off one student’s grade. He claimed it wasn’t about religion. He said it was about being disruptive. When you hear a report like this,...
by Jean A Sturgill | Learning to Walk, The Body of Christ
Do you have friends that seem to be repeatedly hurt by things that would not matter at all to you? Perhaps they ask you if they hurt your feelings. Perhaps they tell you of others who have hurt their feelings. You may have even tried to tell them that it was nothing...
by Jean A Sturgill | Fundamentals, Learning to Walk, Marriage, Family & Relationships, National Concerns, The Body of Christ
If someone mistreats you, whose fault is that? Yours? Theirs? Or, someone else’s? If someone asks you to do something wrong and you do it, whose fault is it? Is it yours? Is it theirs? Or, is it someone else’s? These are not a hard questions, but it would surprise you...
by Jean A Sturgill | Fundamentals, Learning to Walk, Marriage, Family & Relationships, The Body of Christ
Some folks are raised to not air their grievances about other family members. If something really bad is going on, they don’t tell anyone because they are embarrassed or it’s just not the thing to do. Depending on the situation that might be appropriate, or that might...
by Jean A Sturgill | Fundamentals, Learning to Walk, Marriage, Family & Relationships, National Concerns, The Body of Christ
When things come to an end that we don’t like – a hard day at work for example, we rejoice! Sometimes things come to an end before we are prepared to let go. The loss of a good job is like that. What you do next can make all the difference. When good things come to an...