Brittany Shields 6/12/23 Brittany Shields 6/12/23

Do Not Be True to Yourself

Don’t be true to yourself?! But that’s not what we hear alllll the time… !

Brittany Shields 9/23/22 Brittany Shields 9/23/22

The Lord’s Prayer

“If prayer usually feels dull and boring, I have to conclude that in large part I’ve lost a sense of who it is I’m praying to.”

Brittany Shields 6/27/21 Brittany Shields 6/27/21

Men and Women in the Church

Though I was vaguely dissatisfied with this book, I believe it to be biblically sound.

Brittany Shields 3/30/21 Brittany Shields 3/30/21

Taking God at His Word

“We should not abandon faith in anything God has taught us merely because we cannot solve all the problems which it raises. Our own intellectual competence is not the test and measure of divine truth. It is not for us to stop believing because we lack understanding, but to believe in order that we may understand.”

Brittany Shields 3/12/19 Brittany Shields 3/12/19

What is the Mission of the Church?

I picked up this book because we've been tired of hearing the word 'mission' or 'missional' and feeling like we don't know what it means anymore.

Brittany Shields 5/21/16 Brittany Shields 5/21/16

Just Do Something

“The only chains God wants us to wear are the chains of righteousness—not the chains of hopeless subjectivism, not the shackles of risk-free living, not the fetters of horoscope decision making— just the chains befitting a bond servant of Christ Jesus. Die to self. Live for Christ. And then do what you want, and go where you want, for God’s glory.”

Brittany Shields 7/14/15 Brittany Shields 7/14/15

What Does the Bible Really Teach About Homosexuality?

“The God we worship is indeed a God of love. Which does not, according to any verse in the Bible, make sexual sin acceptable. But it does, by the witness of a thousand verses all over the Bible, make every one of our sexual sins changeable, redeemable, and wondrously forgivable.”

Brittany Shields 6/18/15 Brittany Shields 6/18/15

The Hole in Our Holiness

“Is it possible you look at personal holiness like I look at camping? It’s fine for other people. You sort of respect those who make their lives harder than they have to be. But it’s not really your thing?”