Jesus - MandyGunter.com https://mandygunter.com Striving for biblical literacy and hope in a broken world. Thu, 16 Jan 2025 16:53:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://i0.wp.com/mandygunter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cropped-MG-logo.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Jesus - MandyGunter.com https://mandygunter.com 32 32 227822906 The Forgotten Healing – Limping Not Skipping Towards Eternity https://mandygunter.com/the-forgotten-healing-limping-not-skipping-towards-eternity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-forgotten-healing-limping-not-skipping-towards-eternity Thu, 16 Jan 2025 02:56:42 +0000 https://mandygunter.com/?p=728 I had a distinctly unpleasant conversation with a person recently. I suspect if you also talk with human beings, you have those interactions from time to time too. 😉 As any good overthinker would do, I replayed the conversation in my head repeatedly, trying to make better sense of it....

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]]> 728 The Great Advent – The King Is Born https://mandygunter.com/the-great-advent-the-king-is-born/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-great-advent-the-king-is-born Mon, 23 Dec 2024 23:06:21 +0000 https://mandygunter.com/?p=709 The Pattern of Scripture Advent. If you look back to its Latin origin, you’ll find it means “to come” or “the arrival,” and is usually used in reference to something or someone important. Christians celebrate Advent, the arrival, of Jesus at Christmas. The extraordinary, humble birth of Jesus altered the...

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]]> 709 2 Samuel – The Fangs of Bitterness: Two Men Who Show Us How To Avoid The Poison https://mandygunter.com/2-samuel-the-fangs-of-bitterness-two-men-who-show-us-how-to-avoid-the-poison/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=2-samuel-the-fangs-of-bitterness-two-men-who-show-us-how-to-avoid-the-poison https://mandygunter.com/2-samuel-the-fangs-of-bitterness-two-men-who-show-us-how-to-avoid-the-poison/#comments Tue, 17 Sep 2024 18:18:42 +0000 https://mandygunter.com/?p=683 2 Samuel is a continuation of 1 Samuel and mostly focuses on the reign of King David. If you’d like a refresher of some things covered in that book, you can find it here: 1 Samuel – The Prophetic Lullaby – MandyGunter.com There are two stories in 2 Samuel that...

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]]> https://mandygunter.com/2-samuel-the-fangs-of-bitterness-two-men-who-show-us-how-to-avoid-the-poison/feed/ 3 683 A Decade of Homeschool – The Most Common Questions https://mandygunter.com/a-decade-of-homeschool-the-most-common-questions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-decade-of-homeschool-the-most-common-questions Tue, 03 Sep 2024 02:49:33 +0000 https://mandygunter.com/?p=670 This fall kicks off our tenth year of homeschooling! I am far from an expert but a decade of this lifestyle has taught me a few things. In celebration of this milestone, I want to share with you some lessons I have learned and address questions we are commonly asked!...

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]]> 670 1 Samuel – The Prophetic Lullaby https://mandygunter.com/1-samuel-the-prophetic-lullaby/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=1-samuel-the-prophetic-lullaby Sun, 30 Jun 2024 02:21:04 +0000 https://mandygunter.com/?p=662 The books of Samuel are historical narratives like many others in the Old Testament. A fun fact is that they are split into two books simply because they are too long to fit onto an ancient scroll. They are intended to be read as one continuous story! 1 Samuel begins...

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]]> 662 The Suffering Tree – Trembling Branches and Secure Roots https://mandygunter.com/the-suffering-tree-trembling-branches-and-secure-roots/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-suffering-tree-trembling-branches-and-secure-roots https://mandygunter.com/the-suffering-tree-trembling-branches-and-secure-roots/#comments Wed, 26 Jun 2024 01:09:35 +0000 https://mandygunter.com/?p=654 Lament is not the absence of praise. It is simply the path through pain to praise.

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]]> 644 Ruth – Barren Wombs and Barley Fields https://mandygunter.com/ruth-barren-wombs-and-barley-fields/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ruth-barren-wombs-and-barley-fields Fri, 24 May 2024 15:57:07 +0000 https://mandygunter.com/?p=628 What an incredible story God gave us in the book of Ruth! I want to start off by saying that there are many great commentaries on this book, and recently added to that collection is David Platt’s preaching of Secret Church 24 in which he goes verse by verse through...

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]]> 628 God’s Astounding Sovereignty in Broken Bodies and Hurting Hearts https://mandygunter.com/gods-astounding-sovereignty-in-broken-bodies-and-hurting-hearts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gods-astounding-sovereignty-in-broken-bodies-and-hurting-hearts https://mandygunter.com/gods-astounding-sovereignty-in-broken-bodies-and-hurting-hearts/#comments Mon, 20 May 2024 02:27:32 +0000 https://mandygunter.com/?p=602 And on my knees, gently shaking CJ’s unresponsive body and between my sobs begging him to wake up, I heard my most desperate prayer groan out of my mouth, “Oh God, HELP!”

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]]> https://mandygunter.com/gods-astounding-sovereignty-in-broken-bodies-and-hurting-hearts/feed/ 10 602 Judges- Looking for Hope When the World Gets Darker https://mandygunter.com/judges-looking-for-hope-when-the-world-gets-darker/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=judges-looking-for-hope-when-the-world-gets-darker https://mandygunter.com/judges-looking-for-hope-when-the-world-gets-darker/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2024 19:32:59 +0000 https://mandygunter.com/?p=586 Judges is a constant downward spiral of Israel in every way. The judges themselves display this theme in their own character, going from good, to okay, to catastrophic.

But if we think our sin is any less abhorrent to God than those listed in this book, we deceive ourselves. Our sin, no matter how little we perceive it to be, marks us to our core. It is an abomination to a holy God.

While my hands are not stained with most of the evils detailed in Judges, they are dripping with sin of my own. If I’m not careful, pride will find a sliver of light and begin to work its way past the doorframe of my heart. I will think that my “lesser” sins mean I’m in less need to be saved from it.

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