Posts with the category “identity-in-christ”

Recently I was reading an article about Babe Ruth, who was arguably the best baseball player to ever play the game. On December 26th, 1919, Babe Ruth signed a contract with the New York Yankees. The contract said that he would be paid the astonishingly high price of $25,000 for the 1919, 1920 and 1921 baseball seasons. It was a memorable day and a memorable event in the history of baseball.The act...  Read More

If you have grown up in the care of loving, kind parents you are blessed! Over the years I have met many people from difficult family backgrounds. A friend of mine once confided in me that her own father had never kept his word to her growing up. He would promise to take her to the park or the store; but when the time came to go, there would always be some reason for him not to follow through on his promise. Consequently, when she came to faith, she somehow transferred her father’s failure and inconsistency onto God. She struggled to trust that her Heavenly Father would keep the promises in His Word, because, without realizing it, she expected Him to be just like her earthly father had been.  Read More