Posted on September 15, 2025
by Jeff Herringshaw
Leave a Comment
“Being able to do whatever I want to do.” That’s how a young man at the mall replied to my friend who was randomly asking strangers to define “freedom.” Many of the other responses that day were similar. Later, after hearing all the homemade… Continue Reading “Choosing Liberty”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: abandon, Allowed, Autonomy, Bold, Bondage, Brazen, Chains, choice, Deliverance, Delivered, democracy, Doing whatever I want, Emancipation, Enslaved, entitlement, Faith, Free, freedom, Handcuffed, Hope, impertinence, Incarnation, Independence, individualism, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Liberal, Liberation, Liberty, license, Loose, love, No inhibition, No reserve, Pardoned, permission, Prison, Redemption, Released, Rescue, Right, rights, Salvation, Self rule, Self-determination, Self-governing, Self-sufficiency, sin, Sinful, Slave, Unfettered, Unrestraint, Unrestricted, Unshackled
Posted on January 29, 2024
by Jeff Herringshaw
Leave a Comment
“I’m so disappointed,” the young man said to me. “I came here wanting to experience God’s love. But I have felt nothing new. This has been a waste of my time.” I was interviewing one of our discipleship students as the program was winding… Continue Reading “Choosing to Need Forgiveness”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Arrogance, Blind Spots, Encountering God, forgive, Forgiven, Forgiven Little, Forgiven Much, forgiveness, Help Me!, Helpless, Humble, Humble Myself, Humility, I am a sinner, I have sinned, I Need a Savior, I Need God, I need help, Independence, love, Love of God, Need a Savior, Need help, Need to be Rescued, Pride, Rescued, Rescuer, Respectable Sinner, Save me, Savior, Self-Righteousness, Self-sufficiency, sin, Sinner, Spiritual Pride