Hello Friends, I've been the main editor of Latitude since we started under the banner of Cross-Eyed Blog and Webzine, three years ago. It's been great to see how God has used Latitude in the lives of fellow Christians to encourage, strengthen and equip them. For the past few months we've been consistently publishing articles every Monday. However, we won't be able to keep Latitude running at the same pace. I've taken an internship position at Mars Hill Church in Seattle, Washington and will be working there for 14 months. Latitude will continue functioning and posting, but the articles will be ...
"Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to the Lord. This is the gate of the Lord; the righteous shall enter through it" - Psalm 118:19-20. There's a way that is right. For every choice before me, every need within me, every expectation of me, there is a way that is right. And by the grace You've given me and the desires You've placed within me, I want what is right; I want what is true. I want the right way because I've spent too much time choosing the wrong way, and ...
Seventeen-year-old Teresa Scanlan made headlines this year as the first homeschooler - and first Miss Nebraska - and first seventeen-year-old to win the Miss America crown. Miss America 2011 is one of seven children, a professed Christian and a future Patrick Henry College student. Mere minutes after Scanlan's victory, everyone was all a-Twitter about the fact that the homeschooled conservative Christian had managed to find enough favor in the sight of the judges when among them was the shrill, liberal agnostic Joy Behar. The newly-crowned Miss America was certainly not shy about her faith in Christ at the subsequent press conference. ...
"And do not keep striving for what you are to eat and what you are to drink, and do not keep worrying. For it is the nations of the world that strive after these things, and your Father knows that you need them. Instead, strive for His kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well. Do not be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom" -Luke 12:29-32 Lord, You know the battle I have with worry. It's one of my greatest spiritual battles. Because You've given me the gift of ...
Saint Augustine once said, “The mind curiously delights in truth that comes in an indirect and symbolically evocative way.” We see reflections of God’s picture for the church in marriage - but on a different level, we see a picture of our personal relationship with God within fatherhood. 1). God Is Our Father Throughout scripture we see that our relationship with God is that of children coming before their father. “See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why ...
