Author Archives: janetchanged

I’m watching “Sheep Among Wolves: Volume Two” on YouTube. I have many takeaways from this film. I hope you can check it out. If you’re not crying in church because of what powerful things the Holy Spirit is doing at your church, there’s a problem. Muhammed, apersecuted church leader in Iran This hit me likeContinue reading ““Take Me Back””

I am reading the book of Romans right now, and it’s one of the most important books in the Bible. That is why so many memory verses come from the book of Romans and we do well to memorize this book. The words in it cut deep – to your very soul like a sword.Continue reading “Guilty”

In Japan, kintsugi is the art of repairing broken pottery. The result is stunning. Something that most people discard is made into something that everyone would be proud to display. In Jeremiah 18, God tells Israel that they are the clay and He is the potter. That theme is repeated throughout the Bible. Yet you,Continue reading “Broken? Perfect!”

Deuteronomy is underappreciated. There are a lot of hidden gems in the book of Deuteronomy. Chapters 8, 9, and 10 are basically an exhortation to remember God. How can we forget God? We do. We are every bit as stiff-necked as the Israelites were! Man does not live by bread alone but by every wordContinue reading “Ditch Being a Slave!”

Jesus did not swoon on the cross. There is not a single 1st century source that recorded that Jesus survived the crucifixion. The Jewish Talmud, the Christian eyewitnesses, and Roman historian Josephus all recorded His death as fact.  Roman flogging was severe. The cat of nine tails tore skin and flesh. Going to the cross,Continue reading “Swoon Theory and the Deity of Christ”

We live in 2021 but we think with 2021 minds. Long ago things were different and women were seen as property. God disagreed with that viewpoint and throughout the Bible He demonstrated that. In Numbers chapter 30, women are given rights to enter into business deals. Husbands are given the right to overturn a wife’sContinue reading “Women’s Rights in a Time Long Ago”

A minister should preach like a dying man to dying men. George Whitfield Country singer Tim McGraw had a hit a few years ago called “Live Like You’re Dying” and it has a lot of good points in it, including forgiveness and taking a good long, look at the Bible. It talks about being aContinue reading “Live Like You are Dying”

Yeah, I’ll pass. I’m a science girl. I started reading scientific American when I was a preteen. One of my favorite childhood Christmas presents was a chemistry set. I use the scientific method in my job. We’re hearing trust the science a lot these days but let me remind you what scientists have pushed inContinue reading “Trust the Science!”

In the Greek, κόκκῳ σινάπεως. (To a grain of mustard) is a small black seed that grows invasively to a height of up to 10-15 feet! It can spread and take over an entire field. It can intertwine with other plants becoming thick like a small tree. Our faith is like a seed which canContinue reading “Faith as a Mustard Seed”