Domestic Kingdom — applying the gospel to the mundane

The Struggle to Trust God with My Child’s Salvation

May 8, 2013 Intentional Motherhood

by Lindsey Carlson Seeing my children struggle with sin makes me squirmy. Whether they’re back-talking during bath time, squabbling with siblings, deceiving, or disobeying, I fear for their future. What if their foolishness or hard-heartedness is only beginning to show? What if they stay dead in sin fooor-evvvv-er? More than anything, I want my children [...]

Tagged as: children, motherhood, Romans 3, sin, trusting God

14 comments Read more

A Counselor Shares the One Story that Moved Her Most of All

May 6, 2013 Devotional Mundane

[This article by Christina Fox originally published here on her blog "To Show Them Jesus" on March 25, 2013.] “The One Story That Moves Me Most of All” by Christina Fox I once held the hands of a rape victim while we sat in a hospital waiting room. We spoke different languages, but I could [...]

Tagged as: 2 Corinthians 5, Easter, gospel, Isaiah 53, testimony

2 comments Read more

How to Manage a Home by Faith

May 3, 2013 Inspiring Homemaking

by Melissa McDonald I sat on my dirty kitchen floor scrubbing the latest crayon mural off the garbage can. My thoughts flitted between a beautiful wedding I witnessed a few days before, my own pre-marriage anticipation once upon a time, and my surprise that the brown scribbles came off easier than the blue ones. I [...]

Tagged as: Ephesians 2, faith, homemaking

4 comments Read more

Lauren Chandler’s foreword for Glimpses of Grace

May 1, 2013 Good Reading

I’m so thankful for my friend Lauren Chandler, who wrote this in her foreword for Glimpses of Grace: “This is sustaining grace, this is the desired haven: to know his steadfast love that saves and keeps us. Glimpses of Grace is not a how-to. It is a true friend’s invitation to see and know the [...]

Tagged as: Glimpses of Grace

1 comment Read more

When I Want to Edit My Life

April 29, 2013 Devotional Mundane

by Christina Fox I sat there staring at the coffee cup on the table in front of me. Listening to my friend talk, I felt my eyes burn and tried to gather myself together. It had been a while since we chatted. On our own, without the kids and husbands, we sat in one of [...]

Tagged as: gospel, Isaiah 53, Paul Miller, Philippians 2, Romans 4, testimony

7 comments Read more

Gutsy Prayer Requests

April 23, 2013 Devotional Mundane

[Excerpt taken from Glimpses of Grace by Gloria Furman copyright ©2013. Used by permission of Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers, Wheaton, Il 60187, www.crossway.org.] Gutsy Prayer Requests Martin Luther said, “Although it hurts us when he takes his own from us, his good will should be a greater comfort to us than [...]

Tagged as: Glimpses of Grace, prayer

2 comments Read more

Christ’s Glorious Mercy vs. All Our Worst Sins

April 19, 2013 Good Reading

Richard Sibbes considers the infinite and the finite in his perspective on the sufficiency of Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross: “It is no less mercy than glorious mercy that will satisfy us when our conscience is distressed; and if this will not, what will? Let Satan join with conscience to aggravate our sins as much [...]

Tagged as: mercy, Richard Sibbes, sin

0 comments Read more

God’s Nearness, Our Good – a testimony

April 17, 2013 Devotional Mundane

Today on the The Gospel Coalition blog, “God’s Promise and a Petrol Station” — a testimony from a time in our lives when we saw quite tangibly how God’s nearness is our good. “This incident seems so slight when we consider all that God has done, but it’s an illustration of God’s faithfulness, which is [...]

2 comments Read more

The Heart of Homemaking

April 12, 2013 Inspiring Homemaking

by Gloria Furman My homemaking goals are often thwarted by fleeting circumstances. One time I sabotaged my clean kitchen when I knocked over a coffee carafe with the mop that I was putting away. Freshly-made guest beds have gone empty as weary travelers have had their flights change. The peaceful haven I hoped to present [...]

Tagged as: glorify God, goals, homemaking

8 comments Read more

Book Recommendation – Not by Sight

April 5, 2013 Good Reading

When I was in college I nearly lost an eye in a construction accident. A bunch of us from church were smashing our clumsy thumbs as we hammered framing nails to build a house for a low-income family. A co-laborer’s stray framing nail ricocheted off the wood and through the air, piercing through my right [...]

Tagged as: 2 Corinthians 5, books, faith

2 comments Read more

T is for Tantrums, Treasures, and Truth

April 2, 2013 Devotional Mundane

by Christina Fox I distinctly remember telling him it wasn’t a “buying day.” Prepping my son beforehand, I told him the exact purpose for our trip to the store. Despite my efforts to prevent a problem, my youngest cried his way through the store as he begged me to buy him a new toy. He [...]

Tagged as: affections, idols, Matthew 6

2 comments Read more

What a Morning!

March 31, 2013 Devotional Mundane

by Gloria Furman If I remember to put the water in the reservoir, scoop grounds into the basket (and not directly into a mug like I did the other day), and set the auto brew to the correct time, then the first thing that rumbles to life in our flat each morning is the coffee [...]

Tagged as: Easter, eternity, hope, Matthew 28, resurrection, Revelation 22, Titus 1

5 comments Read more

← Previous Entries

Next Entries →

Search
Subscribe
Meet the Editor

Gloria (@gloriafurman) is a wife, mother, cross-cultural worker, and the author of Glimpses of Grace: Treasuring the Gospel in Your Home (Crossway 2013).
DK on Facebook
*
Categories
Archives
Glimpses of Grace

Search

Subscribe

Meet the Editor

Categories

Archives

Glimpses of Grace