Self Consciousness is Self Centeredness
I know this not fun to hear, and I'm dealing with it every day! Why do I care what people think of me? I've been deconstructing this in...
Test and Approve
I know this not fun to hear, and I'm dealing with it every day! Why do I care what people think of me? I've been deconstructing this in...
Can one be a Christian without being a disciple? The dilemma of how to truly follow Jesus seems to be a controversial subject. Many of...
We can work and work for God's kingdom and still not know God and he will send us away from him.(Matt. 7:23) That is a hard one to...
In Matthew 17:17 Jesus calls his disciples faithless and corrupt. His own disciples that have given everything up to follow him. They are...
Romans 1 is painting a bleak picture of the state of the human condition before Jesus came along bringing hope. But the end of the...
I long to experience the world that Jesus was in. I want to see the miracles. I want to believe that the words I read in the Bible apply...
I grew up as a gymnast from age 4. My last year as a gymnast I was 16 and spending 6 hours a day in the gym 4 days a week, 4 hours on...
Much tension lies in these words. I know the evangelical church really wants to completely lean into the Grace of God. I’m in the middle...
The paradox of following Jesus takes complete faith in the system. Complete faith in the covenant. We are called to lay it all down. To...
Imagine waking up tomorrow with no worries, no stress, no hurt feelings or anger, and you have a day filled with doing exactly what the...
Have you ever gone on a long run or hike without water? Or gotten to the place of true thirst? When you finally get your cool, long drink...
I think of toddlers when they are tired and hungry in the flesh. They don’t know they are tired and hungry much of the time, they just...
Jesus said that he was nourished by doing the will of the Father; so nourished that he went from being physically hungry, to having the...
I am an American woman raised to want to be skinny and tan and blond, with a rock hard yet slightly curvy body. I am raised to believe...
Our faith is not only believing that Christ died for us, but also to believe that Christ now lives in us. It is like being possessed by...
I've been confronted about my first blog, titled "Jesus was a Man". To be honest, I came to my conclusions and was feeling quite unsure...
The third commandments is, “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes...
I know that many people have at least one memory of praying to God for a miracle and the miracle did not happen. The hardest, in my...
Jesus gave up all of his authority and Godliness to become a vulnerable, weak human. The main consensus for Christ followers at large is...
by Lorraine C.
Welcome to Test And Approve, my very own passion project as I find meaning in everything. Join me as I attempt to take all scripture to heart and follow Jesus accordingly. I hope Test and Approve will ignite your own passions and allow you to question everything. Romans 12:1-2