Tag: Jesus
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Help and Hope: Weariness
There are seasons when strength feels completely gone. Not because we have failed, but because life has required more than we have left to give. Weariness is one of the most common human experiences, and yet it is one of the least honestly discussed in the Church. Many believers quietly carry exhaustion with a sense…
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Theo Talk: Replacement Theology, Antisemitism, and Why the Church Must Get This Right
Theology is never neutral. What we believe always bears fruit. Theo Talk exists because there are theological conversations the modern Church often avoids—either because they are uncomfortable, controversial, or demand historical honesty. As a junior-year bachelor’s student in theology who has worked across multiple denominations, I’ve learned that doctrine is not merely academic. It shapes…
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Tea Time with Mandy: When Avoidance Looks Like Strength
Elizabeth Hunt had learned that grief did not always arrive with warning. At times it settled into her body before she had time to prepare, like those moments in the driver’s seat when the door was closed and the world waited just beyond reach. Her hands would rest on the steering wheel, fingers tightening just…
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Peace in the Storm: When Your Body Remembers What Your Mind Forgot
There are storms that roar in with wind and thunder, and then there are storms that arrive in silence—the kind that unravel you from the inside out long before you realize something is wrong. Trauma does that. It doesn’t always shout. Sometimes it whispers through numbness, fog, and dissociation—through a body that remembers pain even…
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Peace in the Storm: Taste and See That the Lord Is Good
Before you settle in, I want to invite you into a small ritual, one that warms the body and steadies the heart. Make yourself a cup of hot tea. If it’s morning or afternoon, I personally recommend Rooibos Red Tea with a splash of pomegranate and raspberry. It’s bright, soothing, and full of quiet strength.…
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🔔 I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day — A Thanksgiving Reflection
As the holidays draw near, I feel a stirring deep within my soul — not merely for the glow of Christmas lights or the aroma of pumpkin pie wafting from the oven, but for something far more profound. Gratitude. Reflection. Hope. And perhaps, a quiet call for peace in a world once again at odds…
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The Frozen Abyss: When Treachery Meets Truth
As we near the end of Dante’s Inferno, we arrive at the most chilling and terrifying place of all—the Ninth Circle of Hell, reserved for the treacherous. It is here, in the frozen lake of Cocytus, that Dante comes face to face with the very image of despair: Satan, bound and frozen in ice, flapping…
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Life or Death: The Choice That Defines You
Let’s be honest — the world’s loud right now. It screams at you from every direction: “Do what makes you happy.” “Live your truth.” “There is no right or wrong.” But what if I told you that “your truth” could be the very thing leading you to destruction? Sin doesn’t show up in chains —…
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The River of Blood
Circle Seven of Hell is by far the most violent and brutal—a place that haunted Dexter long after his vision ended. Of all the realms he witnessed, this one etched itself deepest into his soul, leaving behind fragments of terror that took years for him to recount. His memories of that place came in pieces—like…
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Deliverance & Authority in Christ: When God Brought Me Out
There was a time in my life when I truly hit rock bottom — when the walls of pain and exhaustion closed in so tight that I could hardly breathe. I had just lost my sister to a drug overdose, and my heart was already shattered. At the same time, I was caring for my…
Country Girl Gone City 