by Shannon Popkin | Jul 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
This question changed everything for me: What would you do from your platform if you were there to serve? The metaphor of “platform” is that it’s lifted up so that you might be seen and heard. And it’s true that many people step onto a platform...
by Shannon Popkin | Mar 16, 2021 | Comparison, Uncategorized
Once when Jesus was teaching, a man called out from the crowd, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me” (Luke 12:13). It wasn’t the time or place, and Jesus told him so. Then he turned to the crowd and said, “Watch out! Be...
by Shannon Popkin | Feb 13, 2021 | Comparison, Uncategorized
There’s a lot of pressure on Valentine’s Day. It feels like the whole world is going on some elaborate date, drinking in the beautiful romance of true love. Especially when you’re NOT doing any of those things. Many of us have this nagging question...
by Shannon Popkin | Feb 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
My husband has a hang-up with the parable of the talents found in Matthew 25:14-30. There’s this part at the end when the guy who buried his talent brings it forward, and the master gives it to the one who invested his five talents and now has ten. And...
by Shannon Popkin | Jan 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
Hey, hey, Leader! Let me encourage you. On January 21, 2021 I’m hosting a leader connect online gathering for ministry leaders. If you’re a Bible study leader, ministry worker, speaker, writer, or some other sort of Christian leader, you are invited! Our time...
by Shannon Popkin | Sep 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
https://www.reviveourhearts.com/study/women-of-the-bible/rahab/ We could tell the story of Jericho—the one about God’s people circling, trumpets blaring, walls tumbling—in full without one of the characters in chapter two: Rahab, the prostitute who hid the spies. Do...