“The goal of Christian fiction is to stir the reader’s curiosity and send them to the Bible for more.” In this episode Mesu Andrew talks with us about bringing the Bible alive and truly loving the word of God. Mesu has written 13 Biblical novels, her newest being Miriam: A Treasures of the Nile Novel. […]
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Happy New Year and Welcome to Thru the Word 2022! Are you ready to read through the Bible this year? Perhaps you’re one of those highly disciplined people (like my husband), who accomplish this impressive goal every single year. Or maybe you’re a little less disciplined, like me, and the idea of actually making it […]
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Has the voice of God become muffled by your busyness? Our culture tells us that busyness is the formula for success. That productivity should be valued above all else. Even as Christians, we can unconsciously believe the lie that our days must be packed with hard work and good deeds in order to please God. […]
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Is God the One Receiving Your Worship? You’ve heard it before…everyone worships something or someone. As Christians we know God should be the sole object of our worship, for the Bible makes it clear that He alone is worthy (Psalm 148:13). But I’ve found that unless I purposefully focus my heart on God alone, something else […]
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Does Your Life Reflect Your Love for God? This is our heart’s desire, isn’t it? That others would recognize the difference God has made in our lives and long to know Him too! I love how Matthew 5:16 puts it. “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify […]
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Do you ever struggle with knowing what to pray or wonder if your prayers are being heard? Listen to God’s promise in 1 John 5:14-15. “This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we […]
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Where do you go with your questions about the Bible? I love studying God’s Word, but I must admit there are times I come across things I don’t understand. Difficult passages that make it hard to grasp the meaning and how to apply it to my personal life. During those times, I write down my […]
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Do you ever read the Bible, but forget what you’ve read? It used to happen to me all the time. When it came to reading the Bible, too often I was like the man James wrote about who “looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets […]
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Having the right Bible is crucial to falling in love with God’s Word… I grew up in church knowing I needed to spend time reading scripture, but I struggled. Not only in finding time to read the Bible, but mostly in understanding it. The King James Version I grew up with used unfamiliar and outdated […]
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Hiding God’s Word in our hearts… We know we ought to, but the task seems overwhelming. Believe me, I know. After spending the majority of my young adult Christian life convinced I couldn’t memorize scripture, I was super nervous about taking the Navigator 2:7 Discipleship Course. The first book required that we learn five verses […]
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