Category: bible & theology

Theology is essentially what we believe about God. It’s super, duper important, because what you believe about God affects your entire life.
Do you believe God isn’t real? That changes a lot. Do you believe God is kind? That changes a lot too.
The Bible informs us about who God REALLY is. That’s why I take a lot of effort to study it. Here I have conversations about that.

to the prayerless christian who longs to be prayerful: here is how

I feel for you, because I have been you… This post is for you, the barely-praying Christian, from a girl who used to be prayerless, who now can with confidence say her life is more prayerful than ever. These are the practice that have made me more prayerful than ever, and thus—have given me more spiritual freedom and intimacy with the Lord than I have ever experienced.

by Mary Mad

how to actually read your Bible: from one not-yet Biblically literate Christian to another

I haven’t read the entire Bible. Yikes, I know! I’m a Christian, follower of Jesus Christ. For a long time I knew the Bible was important, but I found it hard to interpret and understand, so I kind of just relied on pastors, sermons, and podcasts to tell me about what it was saying.

Nearly a decade after my conversion, I’m just learning more and more about how majorly important this beautiful, sacred book is to knowing God in the most intimate of ways. I’ve had this insatiable hunger for it lately, and I’m just learning how to truly study it, how to interpret it, and how to apply it. I’ve found that actually understanding Scripture makes reading Scripture so much more enjoyable! So I want to share the eight best resources I’ve come across that have helped me so far, so that we can hopefully grow in Biblical literacy together.

by Mary Mad

the humility of learning

Being a student is one of the most cherished titles I have of all. I love my university, my classmates, my teachers, and all the lessons.

But I have also learned that I am always, that I will always be a student— a student of life. A student of the One whom every lesson originates from, and who teaches the most wonderful lessons of all.

Here is that lesson in writing.

by Mary Mad