Lana Christian
Go Beyond
Grab your favorite brew and visit a few minutes with Encouragement from Living History. That sums up my blog: thoughts grounded in the Bible, sprinkled with interesting tidbits from history, all applied to life today. Readers say, “I learn something new every time I read your blog.” Here’s an open invitation to sit a few minutes now and come back often to share your thoughts.
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Do you have Sunday school memories of Balaam’s talking donkey? From that charming perspective, Balaam seems to be the ass, while the donkey wisely recognizes God’s angel standing in the road. But the full story is more interesting—and totally relevant to today’s current events….
The entire Bible is a love letter from God. But nested where you wouldn’t think to look is a special love letter. In Leviticus. It’s no coincidence that I read this on Valentine’s Day….
Last week I science-geeked at reading about a new type of star that previously had existed only in theory. Now scientists think they’ve detected the first one of its kind….
“God is concerned about the details of your life.” You’ve heard that many times, but why is it hard to believe?…
This month I started a one-year Bible reading plan. I’m already behind. I can’t help it. I have questions. Like why does the theme of scattering keep coming up? What’s bad about not scattering? And why should we care about it today?…
This blog is NOT about New Year’s resolutions. But it is about something I’m convinced we should do more….
The beauty of the Bible is you can read it repeatedly and still discover new facets of God’s truth you didn’t know before….
We live in a noisy world. People shout loud and long to push their views on others. It wasn’t much different in Jesus’ day….
Throughout history, God’s prophets had foretold Christ’s coming. But when it happened, God delivered eternity’s most important news to a group of shepherds and some foreigners….
Last week I wrote about what God revealed of Himself to the Egyptians through the ten plagues. There’s more to that story … cool stuff that doesn’t deal with plagues. (I hear that exhale!)…
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