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These articles are the bulk and backbone of TSP. This collection discusses topics that the average Christian may have questions about, from faith to salvation and holiness.

31 Life Changing Verses About God’s Promises

31 Life Changing Verses About God’s Promises

God’s Promises There are over 3,000 promises in the Bible. These are God’s unfailing, faithful promises to those who walk with Him. His promises are enduring forever and ever. God never breaks His promises as we humans do all the time. No matter the situation, God has a promise for you if you are willing…

What’s Wrong With Today’s Christian Music?

· Why I Stopped Listening to Most Modern Christian Music ·

What’s Wrong With Today’s Christian Music?

Rarely will we hear hymns being sung at church services anymore. When Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) came into the church, it came to stay and the hymnals were exchanged for the modern beat and rhythm. Still, CCM has revolutionized and doesn’t resemble the pioneering Christian music of the 60s and 70s. Through the years, CCM…

30 Powerful Verses for Overcoming Fear

30 Powerful Verses for Overcoming Fear

Fears, we all have them. Whether you’re about to launch your own business or move places or maybe you’re scared of heights, we all have some kind of fear. Fear freezes us into place, it’s that uneasy feeling that something will go wrong. The thing about fear is that it stunts our growth and doesn’t…

Overcome Perfectionism & Crush It With Scripture

· Is Perfectionism Sinful? Yes! Here's Why & What You Can Do About it ·

Overcome Perfectionism & Crush It With Scripture

I found fault in all my work, overlooking the good. Instead of feeling pleased with my finished work,  I immediately hunted every flaw and went over every tiny detail that could have been done better. No matter how hard I worked, it was never good enough for me. Still isn’t. I beat myself up for…

31 Uplifting Verses for the Weary

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31 Uplifting Verses for the Weary

Life turns weary with its sudden ups and downs, routines and problems. It takes its toll on a body like nothing else. This is also true about the Christian walk, we are human and not immune to exhaustion. No one else understands this better than Jesus; He came as a man to experience our pain…

30 Verses to Help You Overcome Anxiety

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30 Verses to Help You Overcome Anxiety

Anxiety is a very real mental problem many of us struggle with. I know how hindering and stressful anxiety can become in our daily lives. It makes even the most simple tasks incredibly difficult and mentally draining. I know, because I’ve struggled with anxiety my entire life. Whether you have generalized or social anxiety, I…

31 Encouraging Verses About Faith

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31 Encouraging Verses About Faith

Are you struggling with your faith? Maybe you’re going through a difficult situation and don’t know how you can keep holding on. Hang in there! You’re not alone, although it may feel that way right now. The Lord understands you completely- better than anyone else. This is why He left us with His precious promises…

For Those Struggling to Feel Validated

· 30 Verses To Help You Fight Feelings of Invalidation ·

For Those Struggling to Feel Validated

Why Don’t I Feel Validated? I see it everywhere, an overwhelming problem with feelings of invalidation and/ or anchoring the worth of our accomplishments on how many likes we get. There’s this hunger almost- a desperate need to have the opinions of others give credence to our work and sometimes even our feelings. It doesn’t…

28 Biblical Verses on Forgiveness

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28 Biblical Verses on Forgiveness

The beautiful thing about God’s grace is that we can be sure of the Lord’s forgiveness. Nothing else can give us the peace that forgiveness does. We start anew-a clean slate-with the freeing knowledge that God has erased all our wrongs. As receivers of grace and mercy, the Lord requires that we forgive others as…

31 Verses About New Beginnings

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31 Verses About New Beginnings

2019 is finally upon us! With a brand new year ahead, comes our excitement to start new habits and meet new or old goals. But perhaps there is nothing more important than to commit whole-heartedly to studying the Scriptures. This is why I have compiled a Bible Reading Plan for January about New Beginnings. You…

Am I of God or Man?

· What is Stunting My Spiritual Growth? ·

Am I of God or Man?

Three things plague Christians today: laziness, lukewarmness, and the opinions of man. Here is my humble assessment of the problem. There is a spiritual laziness sweeping the church today. The type that prevents the soul from seeking the divine revelation of God. And then there is also conformity. It is so deadly because it makes…

The Sin of Making Assumptions

· How Wrong Judgments Can Open the Door to Many Other Sins ·

The Sin of Making Assumptions

How many times have we seen it happened? An assumption made about a person that ends up causing problems but then turns out to be false. Or an assumption made based on what someone said. We have all witnessed these situations or even been part of it. Truth be told, it is very easy to make…

When God Gives by Taking Away

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When God Gives by Taking Away

Job was faced with the greatest hardship of his life. He had been a successful and wealthy man but then, from night to day all of his possessions were gone including his children and even his own health. His response? “Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?” In all this…

Why Do Evil People Prosper & Faithful People Suffer?

Why Do Evil People Prosper & Faithful People Suffer?

If you have ever wondered why unbelievers who want nothing to do with God always seem to prosper while the most faithful suffer, you are not alone. I believe many Christians have asked this sometime in their lives. And we are in good company since Jeremiah, Job, and Asaph expressed the same thought. “Why does…

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