August 19, 2024
AUGUST 25 APPLICATION | THE VITAL VIRTUE OF RELIABILITY
The prophet Malachi rebuked God’s people because they had become unfaithful. Are you reliable and faithful?
Articles for tag: Ralph Waldo Emerson
February 6, 2023
February 12 | Application (‘Living in Tense Times’)
When you feel stressed out, it helps to recognize that some tensions are externally generated, some are internally generated, and some are actually healthy and lead to personal growth.
February 26, 2015
Paradise Lost, Maybe
By Jay Engelbrecht Is there a link between the way we care for the earth and our closeness to the creator? Put another way, can we serve Christ and sully his creation? The link between mankind”s spiritual health and the vitality of the earth courses through Scripture. John Milton, though blind, saw the connection. In his classic Paradise Lost, Eve, seduced by the idea of becoming a god, disobeys her creator, and nature “gave signs of woe.” A short time later, Adam opts to defy his creator and follow Eve. The rebel couple “fancy that they feel Divinity within them
January 7, 2013
How Do You Define Your Leadership? Lisa Jernigan
By Lisa Jernigan “They are like trees planted along a riverbank, with roots that reach deep into the water. Such trees are not bothered by the heat or worried by long months of drought. Their leaves stay green, and they never stop producing fruit” (Jeremiah 17:8, New Living Translation). Living in the desert of Arizona, I understand dryness and I understand drought. Sometimes it is hard for life to survive and thrive in these conditions. Our lives in leadership can also go through times of dryness and drought. How do we stay green and fertile? As leaders, how do we
April 25, 2010
Literature as a Tool for Spiritual Growth
By Marvin D. Hinten I was led to Christ by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Most people are led to Christ by someone they know””a friend or relative””not an individual who”s been dead for a hundred years. And, for obvious reasons, most people are led to Christ by a Christian. But I became a Christian through reading a poem by Emerson in a high school English class. So I have experienced firsthand the power of literature to connect readers with God. Most Christian leaders, when thinking of books they “ought to read,” think of nonfiction. One should read theology and church management
