Resurrection: Literal or Metaphorical (or both)?

I recently saw a tweet asking Christians if or how their lives/faith would change if the resurrection of Jesus could be definitively proven as false. Reading through the responses was interesting as it presented many different people’s perspectives and experiences and why they chose to see resurrection as literal or metaphorical (or some of both).

When Rest Is Elusive

I have been exhausted lately. It’s not like it’s unexpected or unusual for me. Fatigue has often been a part of my life since I became chronically ill as a 7th grader. Some days I’m more tired than others, but it’s always there, as with my other chronic illnesses/chronic illness symptoms. I don’t always have

Should the Gospel Offend? Twitter Theology (part 3)

I’ve written a couple of these Twitter theology posts before. If you haven’t read them, you can read part 1 here: https://briannathehugger.wordpress.com/2019/03/01/twitter-theology-healing/ and part 2 here: https://briannathehugger.wordpress.com/2019/05/03/why-im-a-christian-twitter-theology-round-2/ I recently came across the following tweet: “A preacher that doesn’t offend is a preacher that doesn’t preach for a gospel that does not offend is a gospel

The Meaning of Identity

The dictionary defines “identity” as a noun that means “the fact of being who or what a person or thing is.” “I would rather be what God chose to make me than the most perfect person that I can think of; for to have been thought about, born in God’s thought, and then made by

The Heart of Lauren Daigle

“For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” Matthew 7:2 NIV  I have written about Lauren Daigle in previous blog posts. Whether you’ve read those posts or not, if you know me, then you probably know that Lauren Daigle

Identity (I Believe What You Say Of Me)

“I keep fighting voices in my mind that say I’m not enough Every single lie that tells me I will never measure up Am I more than just the sum of every high and every low? Remind me once again just who I am because I need to know“ I am constantly being told I’m