There’s something deeply holy about witnessing a child come into a home and be given a new name, not just a name but an identity—one that says, you belong here.
There’s something deeply holy about witnessing a child come into a home and be given a new name, not just a name but an identity—one that says, you belong here.
Unity is a powerful gift—but when we unify around pride instead of purpose, ambition instead of obedience, we risk building towers that collapse under the weight of self-glory.
On the eve of Jesus’ suffering, Jesus lifted His voice—not in self-pity but in intercession.
This passage invites us into one of the most intimate and sacred moments in Scripture: the meeting of two expectant women, each carrying more than a child—they are carrying promise.
There is a theme that Lance talks about from time to time in his sermons, that we all worship something.
The return of Christ is described in the 22nd chapter of the Book of Revelation; and I want to be in that number when the saints march through the gates of the Heavenly City.
This psalm follows the familiar pattern of praising God from one end of the universe to the other (from here to there, from there to here, to borrow from the ideas of Dr. Suess).
This scripture is in a section called “Marks of the True Christian”.
Hannah prayed this prayer when she brought her infant son, Samuel, to the Temple to be raised and live as a servant of God.