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How come so many Christians don’t really know God?

Grown-again Christian

A surprising number of Christians never learn what it means to truly know God. This piece looks at the reasons behind that gap and offers a quiet invitation to grow past the version of faith that keeps us spiritually stuck.

A reminder that spiritual life doesn’t end at salvation — it begins there.
Donnie, a Havanese dog: One of the canine family members who are part of: God Prepared Me for Cancer Through Three Special Dogs

How can I be angry at him? He’s dying.

Learning about God from a dog 🐾🐶⚓

An old piece of writing resurfaced from a season of waiting — cancer decisions, daily vet trips, and the slow decline of a beloved dog. What happened in those moments revealed something the Rich Young Man never understood: a quiet, trusting love that doesn’t walk away.

What a Dog Knew That the Rich Young Man Didn’t
A surreal image of "spirit with a body" of a woman "walking on air" down the path in a graveyard, towards a building appearing through deep clouds, with bright light shining from inside it.

Did God really say, “You will surely die” (תָּמוּת מוֹת)?

Behind Modern Biblical Translations - What They Knew Then 🌎↔️📜, What They Knew Then 📜

Genesis 2:17 is usually translated “you will surely die,” but the Hebrew תָּמוּת מוֹת tells a deeper story. This post looks behind modern translations to explore what the original audience understood — two kinds of death, spoken in a way only God can speak. A contextual walk-through of Hebrew nuance, ancient worldview, and the unfolding of spiritual and physical death from the very beginning.

What They Understood in the Beginning: Two Deaths
a football pitch (soccer un U.S.) on a dark rainy day. It shows the goal net, along with a referee whistle and a red card on the field, as well as a ball in a puddle in the near corner. In the background, a U.S. flag flies.

What We Cheer For Shapes Who We Become

Bible's Lens on Real Life - Individual Articles, Bible’s Lens on Real Life 🔍, Uncategorized

What we cheer for doesn’t stay small. Even in sports, repeated approval of rule‑breaking forms habits that shape our hearts. This post explores how those habits can quietly pull Christians away from the Spirit’s character — and why Hebrews 6 offers a needed warning for our cultural moment.

How small celebrations of rule‑breaking form the habits that shape our hearts.
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