by Hannah Rau | Jun 15, 2022 | Christian Life
Can God make a rock so big He can’t move it? Maybe you’ve heard this infamous question asked by an atheist or skeptic. Or maybe you’ve wondered something similar yourself. Essentially, this tricky question tries to create a word trap in which the person answering has...
by Hannah Rau | Jun 8, 2022 | Christian Life
In addition to His given name, Jesus, which means “the Lord saves” (Matt.1:21), Jesus is also often mentioned in the Bible using these names or titles: the Christ (meaning Anointed One), the Son of God, and the Son of Man. Yet there are even more ways Jesus describes...
by Hannah Rau | Jun 1, 2022 | Christian Life
“Moses said to God, ‘Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, “The God of your fathers has sent me to you,” and they ask me, “What is his name?” Then what shall I tell them?’” (Exodus 3:13, NIV) God had told Moses to lead the people of Israel out of their...
by Hannah Rau | May 24, 2022 | Christian Life
One year, I decided to read one Psalm each day and turn it into a personal prayer. It was easy to find something relatable in each psalm for the most part. However, there were some passages and whole psalms that I struggled to connect with. For example, Psalm 3 asks...
by Hannah Rau | May 18, 2022 | Christian Life
To be human and live on this earth means to suffer. Not just to suffer, of course; there are many joys we experience too. But all of us will experience hardship and hurt. When God first created the world, it wasn’t this way—everything was good. But now the world...