Category: patience

• How Hard Should I Push?

  Surely the most painful thing for a Christian parent is to see a child grow up and reject the gospel. Indeed, we hurt for anyone who does not accept the good news of Jesus Christ. But how hard should we push to teach the gospel?

  Christie Cole Atkins

  December 13, 2025

  evangelism, parenting, patience, prayer

  Bible study, Christianity, evangelism, God, Jesus Christ, nagging, planting and watering, prayer, praying for the lost, teaching the gospel, the apostle Peter, unfaithful children

• May I Have Your Attention Please

  Life for most people is so very, very busy. We divide our attention like cracker crumbs over the top of a casserole. Sometimes that’s what life feels like— like we’re strewing crumbs all over the place.

  Christie Cole Atkins

  October 18, 2025

  family, kindness, patience

  Bible reading, busy lives, Christian works, Jesus Christ, parenting, prayer, time with God, worship

• Carrying On When We Don’t Understand

  We can always think of some tragedy horrible enough that it just doesn’t seem fair for God to allow Satan to take it that far.

  Christie Cole Atkins

  September 20, 2025

  death, patience, suffering, Uncategorized

  Bible, comfort, faith, faithfulness, God’s will, heaven, hope, Jesus Christ, mourning, suffering, tragedy