God-Followers CAN Be Purifying Agents in a Polluted Culture
April 26, 2021Wisdom Challenge #14 Do you ever wish your children or grandchildren could grow up in the simpler days of your own childhood? Days when sexual immorality didn’t seem to pollute everything from tooth paste commercials to children’s cartoons? Dreamy days when children used to play free range in their neighborhoods because parents didn’t need to be so vigilant and watchful for abusers, pedophiles or sex traffickers? Quieter days when most people weren’t polarized over politics? I don’t think those days are gone forever. I believe that’s a lie Satan uses to make us believe that our best days are behind…
God Is Still in Control
Wisdom Challenge #13 2020 revealed my ignorance about the amount of power government officials hold over my life, for good or for evil. I learned it in spades over the last twelve months. You too? Powerless pawns in a 5D…
Pride Can Bring a Christian Low
Wisdom Challenge #12 If you’d like to go a little deeper with the topic in this article, I’ve placed some devotions on my website at sharonstults.com. Find them as downloadable files under “Wisdom Challenge Resources” entitled, “Climbing Back Up When…
How Wise Christians Process Criticism Successfully
Wisdom Challenge # 11 How do you handle criticism? No one escapes it. Jesus generated a lot of it. We should expect the same if we are walking close to him. So, I’m wondering how you handle it when people…
The Trap of False Humility
Wisdom Challenge #10 This post is also now available in video form! Come find me at “The Pastor’s Feisty Wife” on the social media app Telegram. Starting with this post, I’m also offering a new feature on my website…
Two Sad Tales of Pride and the Danger for Christians
One Year Wisdom Challenge #8 Can you think of a time when your pride caused you to tumble? I’ve got skads of personal stories on that topic, which I’ve shared in previous posts. Oh my goodness, the times I’ve fallen…
How Christians Lose Their Creds When They Fudge the Numbers
One Year Wisdom Challenge #8 Why do we all love an underdog-who-wins story? A David and Goliath story? We like to see the little guy win an uneven, usually unfair match up. Why? Because we are the little guy. Much…
Hope for A Culture in Chaos- When Wise God-Followers Keep Their Standards High.
One Year Wisdom Challenge #7 Does it seem like restraints and barriers have been removed from our culture? Politicians lying and breaking promises are considered normal. Cities and businesses are vandalized and destroyed, in the name of justice and equality.…
When Christians Feel that God’s Justice is Slow or Non-existent
One Year Wisdom Challenge #5 Have you ever felt that life is incredibly unfair? Have you ever personally experienced injustice? Maybe you were hauled into court when you were innocent of any crime. Maybe you lost a position or promotion…
How Wisdom Can Protect a God-Follower
One Year Wisdom Challenge #5 God and I argued about my topic today. Well, mostly me. The rest of February, we will deal with the topic of injustice and imbalanced scales which seems to be at a tipping point right…
God-followers Must Choose Between Wisdom or Pride
The One Year Wisdom Challenge #4- January 25, 2021 With so much confusion and misinformation concerning world and national events, wisdom is a precious commodity. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have insight and understanding about things swirling around us? Wisdom…
