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The World Is Too Big

June 23, 2020 Phill Lytle 2 Comments 2 Chronicles, Abortion, Act, Andrew Peterson, Brokenness, Care, Clark Kent, darkness, Disease, Frodo Baggins, Great Physician, Hate, Healing, Human Trafficking, Is He Worthy?, Isaiah, J.R.R. Tolkien, James, Jehoshaphat, Justice, Light, Listen, Man of Steel, Martha Kent, Matthew, Matthew 6, Mordor, Overwhelmed, Persecution, Poverty, Proverbs, Psalm 34, Psalm 9, Psalms, Redemption, Samwise Gamgee, Serving, Shadows, Speak, Suffering, Superman, The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, Theoden

Kingdom living surrounded by brokenness and shadows.

Hosanna

April 10, 2020 Phill Lytle 3 Comments Faith, grace, Hope, Joy, Life, Light, Loneliness, Lost, Mercy, Salvation, Sin, Suffering

Hosanna in the highest!

Jesus Is Offensive: Let Him Be (Part 4)

December 19, 2018 Gowdy Cannon 2 Comments Christopher Hitchens, Exclusive, Ezekiel, Francis Chan, Hell, Injustice, Jealousy, Jesus, John, Judge, Judging, Judgment, Matthew, Offended, Offense, Offensive, Philippians, Preston Sprinkle, Proverbs, Suffering, Timothy Keller, Tolerance

This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series Jesus Is Offensive: Let Him Be

Why Hell may be the most offensive thing of all.

Film The Arts Theology

Reform the Line: Finding Purpose in Failure

July 16, 2018 Phill Lytle 5 Comments Aragorn, Christian Living, Courage, David, Death, Disappointment, Ecuador, Ed McCully, Elisabeth Elliot, Failure, Faithful, Gimli, Gondor, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jim Elliot, Joseph, Legolas, Loss, Missionary, Mordor, Moses, Nate Saint, Obedience, Paul, Peter Fleming, Peter Jackson, Roger Youderian, Rohan, Rohirrim, Suffering, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Theoden, Waodani

When failure is the best thing.

The Goodness of Effort

June 11, 2018 D.A. Speer 3 Comments Christian Living, Effort, Godliness, Goodness, J.R.R. Tolkien, Success, Suffering, Tim Keller

Even the simplest things, if done in Christ and for the glory of God, are of deep value and worth.

Miserable Comforters: What A Grieving Person Probably Doesn’t Need

October 3, 2017 Gowdy Cannon 5 Comments A Grief Observed, Ben Folds Five, Brick, C.S. Lewis, Caedman's Call, Center Aisle, Commitment, Counseling, Death, Derek Webb, Grief, Job, Patience, Paul, Presence, Suffering

Less Cliches, More Hugs (1740 words)

Music The Arts The Five

Five Petra Songs That Taught Me the Truth

April 21, 2017 Phill Lytle 31 Comments 1 Chronicles, 1 Corinthians, 1 Peter, 1 Timothy, 2 Corinthians, Beat the System, Bible, Christian, Christian Living, Death, Ezekiel, Grave Robber, Hebrews, Hollow Eyes, James, John, Luke, Matthew, More Power to Ya, Not of this World, On Fire, Petra, Psalms, Revelation, Romans, Rose Colored Stained Glass Windows, Stand in the Gap, Suffering, This Means War!, Truth, You Are My Rock

This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series Five Songs That Taught Me the Truth

Petra was more than just music to me.

Five Reasons I’m Thankful for Suffering

November 11, 2016 Gowdy Cannon 4 Comments 1 Peter, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Corinthians, Bible, Genesis, Job, Pain, Psalms, Romans, Suffering, Thankful, Thanksgiving

Giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

“While I’m Waiting”: A Theology of Suffering And God’s Timing

June 15, 2016 Gowdy Cannon 6 Comments Abraham, Acts, Anxiety, David, Depression, Exodus, Genesis, God's Will, Grief, Habakkuk, Hannah, Hebrews, Job, Joseph, Pain, Prayer, Psalms, Romans, Samuel, Sarah, Suffering, Waiting

The waiting is the hardest part.