What’s It About Spirit Forward: How I Encountered The Spirit of Jesus is Pastor Ken Schaap’s personal story of encountering the Holy Spirit and His work in our lives and a personal, inviting introduction for the reader to do the same. In the opening pages, Schaap shares his own story of being a struggling Christian and pastor whose heart had…
Do Christians still prophecy today? If they do, what does that even look like practically? If you've asked those questions, or if the word "prophecy" freaks you out, or if you're wanting to learn more about how a prophetic word from God should be communicated or received, this is the blog for you. I have a 4-part series on prophecy…
I want to share with you a quick personal testimony and song devotional inspired by an experience I had with God at the Tori Kelly concert last week through her song "High Water." I believe what God spoke to me and did in my heart is not just for me, but for you too. Usually, I write most of my…
What’s It About Unsung Hero is the inspirational true story of the Smallbone family. You might know them from the GRAMMY-winning Christian music artists Rebecca St. James, and Joel and Luke Smallbone of For KING + COUNTRY. The film details their family’s move from Australia to the United States after their father, David (played by Joel Smallbone), a concert promoter…
*Catch up on this series:Part 1: Women In Discipleship | Part 2: Women In Ministry | Part 3: Women In Marriage + Family I'm writing the fourth piece of this series on women's roles and Christianity years after writing the first three blogs. One of the young women I mentor encouraged me to share my journey as a woman in…
"Christianity is about having a personal relationship with Jesus." Have you ever heard someone say that before? And it's true. Christianity is a faith that's based on knowing Jesus personally, and that's possible because of His death on the cross to save us from our sins and His resurrection. But sometimes people who are curious about Christianity or even people…
I hope you found Part 1 of this blog series helpful! Let’s dive right into the final three common questions that come up about speaking in tongues. This blog series was inspired by Allen Parr's YouTube video, Why I Stopped Speaking In Tongues and You May Want To Too. 4. Are Christians who don’t speak in tongues second-class Christians? I…
Photo by Priscilla Du Preez 🇨🇦 on Unsplash *This is a companion post to Why I Believe Speaking In Tongues Is For Today Recently, Allen Parr, a Christian YouTuber I follow and respect as a brother in Christ and fellow minister of the gospel published a video called Why I Stopped Speaking In Tongues and You May Want To Too.…
I want to let you in on how I spend time with God in the Bible. Of course, it doesn't always look exactly the same each day or in every season of life, and it won't for you either. And this is just once approach of many you could try, so do what works best for you! But I want…
What’s It About Every Woman A Theologian is a systematic theology (defined here and here) written in an accessible way. The book highlights the importance of theology for the everyday Christian, not just pastors and Bible scholars, and teaches theology in a practical way. As is the mission of Christian blogger and author Phylicia Masonheimer’s entire ministry, the goal of Every…