Shannon Makujina
Preach the Gospel, die, and be forgotten
Last year, I subjected my roommate to watching the extended cut of all three Lord of the Rings movies. At 81 years old, Joan said she had...
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Shannon Makujina
- Apr 21
- 7 min
Sabbath - Part Two
The history of Sunday worship and its implications for the church The observance of Sunday worship was a gradual development, starting...
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Shannon Makujina
- Apr 18
- 8 min
Sabbath - Part One
“Don’t mow your lawn on Sunday. Don’t go grocery shopping on Sunday. Don’t work on Sunday.” I heard it almost every Sunday, predictably....
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Shannon Makujina
- Apr 10
- 6 min
I Love Douglas Wilson
I grew up in a theology saturated home. My father has a PhD in Biblical Languages and is truly the most brilliant person I have ever met....
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Shannon Makujina
- Mar 26
- 7 min
Examining Bill Gothard's Teaching on Defrauding from 1 Thes 4:3-8.
We sat in the living room together, having “family worship”. My dad opened his Bible and told us all to open to 1 Thessalonians 4. We...
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Lysandra Osterkamp
- Mar 23
- 6 min
Healthy in Marriage
Can a healthy marriage exist? You hear so many stories of terrible marriages. Women being physically abused by their husbands, men...
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Josiah Tester
- Jan 10
- 6 min
Healthy In Church: A Former IFB 'Preacher Boy' Shares His Story
This is a guest article by Josiah Tester. What is the IFB? I recently did a “poll” and asked my Facebook friends what their thoughts on...
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Shannon Makujina
- Dec 23, 2023
- 3 min
Christmas Blues
We have no Christmas lights in our home. No tree. No wreath. My roommate doesn’t feel like Christmas this year. I don’t either. I cried...
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Hannah Brown
- Dec 18, 2023
- 8 min
Healthy Parenting After IFB
Hi there! So glad you could join me! Let’s chat for a minute… My name is Hannah and I’m a 28 year old mom of Irish twin boys (in case...
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Shannon Makujina
- Dec 12, 2023
- 8 min
Why Healthy? (For All Of Us Who Are Not)
When you hear healthy, what comes to mind? Vegetables? Yeah, me too. That’s not the kind of healthy I’m referring to, and we need to have...
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Shannon Makujina
- Dec 8, 2023
- 2 min
Midnight Musings
“You are so strong.” I probably hear those words every day. I smile and laugh, or if you are on social media, I’ll respond with a heart...
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Shannon Makujina
- Nov 16, 2023
- 5 min
One Year
It’s been one year. I was standing in a darkened church parking lot, my heart in my throat, as the music director got in between me and...
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Shannon Makujina
- Oct 4, 2023
- 2 min
I Am Going To....???
Nope...not so fast. You gotta read till the end to find out! God has been working in my life the past few months, opening and closing a...
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Shannon Makujina
- Sep 29, 2023
- 5 min
Don't Let Me Go!
In the Chosen, a multi season show about the ministry of Jesus and his disciples, Season Three ends in a strange way. Simon Peter,...
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Shannon Makujina
- Sep 22, 2023
- 3 min
Broken Cisterns, Living Hope
“Your presence and approval is all I need for lasting joy.” This is the second part of J.D. Greear’s Gospel Prayer, from the book Gospel....
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Shannon Makujina
- Aug 21, 2023
- 4 min
Hitler, Best Friends, and Calvary Love
“For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Don’t even the tax collectors do the same?” Jesus’s words sting as I read...
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Shannon Makujina
- Aug 6, 2023
- 5 min
Where Am I Now?
I’m not gonna lie--this week has been a rough one. I’ve never pretended to have it all together for my social media and I’m not about to...
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Shannon Makujina
- Jul 29, 2023
- 4 min
I Saw The Door
“I saw the door, praise God, I saw the door.” This was one of my favorite comments in response to a recent Facebook post on a recovering...
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Shannon Makujina
- Jul 25, 2023
- 4 min
Jesus, Jason Aldean, and Small Town Christianity
Jason Aldean’s song, Try That in a Small Town, is blowing up the internet right now, igniting a huge amount of controversy and garnering...
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Shannon Makujina
- Jul 21, 2023
- 15 min
What Should She Not Do: A Biblical Critique of Jay Adams' Article "What Should She Do."
Jay E. Adams—the father of the nouthetic (Biblical) counseling movement, has a history of horrible of Bible interpretation, but the...
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Shannon Makujina
Preach the Gospel, die, and be forgotten
Last year, I subjected my roommate to watching the extended cut of all three Lord of the Rings movies. At 81 years old, Joan said she had...
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Shannon Makujina
Sabbath - Part Two
The history of Sunday worship and its implications for the church The observance of Sunday worship was a gradual development, starting...
35 views0 comments
Shannon Makujina
Sabbath - Part One
“Don’t mow your lawn on Sunday. Don’t go grocery shopping on Sunday. Don’t work on Sunday.” I heard it almost every Sunday, predictably....
98 views0 comments
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