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Personal Reflections


When Survival Looks Like Rebellion: A Biblical Perspective on Trauma- Rooted Behavior in Adopted and Foster Children
You've given them a home, a family, and years of patient love—and still they steal, manipulate, and spiral back into the very behaviors you thought were behind you. If you're wondering what you're doing wrong, this is for you.

Chris Gambrell
5 days ago


What You Keep in Front of Your Eyes Will Shape Your Life
What you constantly place before your eyes will eventually shape your thoughts, decisions, and direction in life. Drawing from Psalm 26:3, this article explores how attention, truth, distraction, and daily focus quietly transform who we become over time.

Chris Gambrell
May 11


What Are You Doing With Your Faith?
Faith was never meant to remain empty tradition or private belief. The Gospel transforms lives through Jesus Christ, calling believers to walk in repentance, perseverance, and renewal. Baptism is more than a ceremony. It is a public testimony of a life changed by grace, shaped by truth, and continually transformed by the power of God.

Chris Gambrell
May 6


When the World Stops Feeling Like Home
Modern life leaves many people spiritually exhausted, anxious, and searching for peace that temporary distractions cannot provide. The Christian hope is not rooted in pretending life is easy, but in trusting that Christ remains faithful even in suffering. When the world stops feeling like home, Scripture reminds believers to keep walking forward, hold onto hope, and remember that one day God will make all things new.

Chris Gambrell
May 6


Why I Never Felt What Everyone Else Felt in Church (And What I Finally Realized)
For years, I sat in church wondering why everyone else seemed to feel God so deeply while I felt disconnected. I believed, I cared, but something never fully added up. Then I realized I wasn’t lacking faith. I was searching for clarity, substance, and truth that could hold weight beyond emotional moments. This post explores discernment, spiritual connection, and what Scripture says about testing what we experience.

Chris Gambrell
May 5


The Love You Don’t Earn—but Still Have to Answer
Discover what the Bible really says about God’s love, why you can’t earn it, and how it transforms the way you live and love others.

Chris Gambrell
Apr 5


Still Struggling? What the Bible Actually Says About Suffering
So what happens when God doesn’t take it away?

Chris Gambrell
Apr 5


The Things I Realized the Moment I Became a Christian
A raw and honest reflection on what truly changed when I became a Christian—not just in belief, but in identity, struggle, and perspective. From growing up under constant criticism to learning the difference between God’s truth and others’ voices, this journey explores fear, rejection, and the slow process of understanding who I am in Christ. Not perfect, not easy, but real.

Chris Gambrell
Apr 3


Some Worship Feels Right… But Isn’t
If worship doesn’t change you… what is it actually doing?

Chris Gambrell
Mar 30


Blind Guides and the Churches That Protect Them
Not every unhealthy church leader is obvious.
Some are protected.
Explained away.
Defended.
Given more room than they should have.
And over time, something shifts.
Not just in the leader…
but in the church around them.
Because when accountability disappears,
people don’t always confront it.
Sometimes…
they just quietly leave.

Chris Gambrell
Mar 26


The First Sign a Church Leader Is Becoming Dangerous
A biblical reflection on leadership, humility, and the hidden danger of leaders who can no longer be corrected.

Chris Gambrell
Mar 25


Leaving a Church Isn’t Failure. Sometimes Staying Is.
A biblical reflection on church drift, spiritual discernment, and the difference between perseverance and misalignment in Christian life.

Chris Gambrell
Mar 25


A Rainbow in the Dark: When Faith Feels Lonely
A reflective Christian meditation on faith in dark seasons—when belief remains but clarity fades, and God’s promises feel hidden but not gone.

Chris Gambrell
Mar 25


Being the Shield (Without Burning Out)
A thoughtful guide for spiritually discerning believers on avoiding burnout, setting boundaries, and walking in quiet, faithful strength.

Chris Gambrell
Mar 25


The Favoritism of the Family and Society
Some people are treated as more important than others.
Certain voices carry more weight. Certain lives receive more grace.
We rarely say it out loud—but we all feel it.

Chris Gambrell
Mar 25


Why Does One of the Gifts of the Spirit Feel Like Complaining?
Why does discernment in the church sound like complaining? A biblical look at spiritual discernment, truth, and why it’s often misunderstood.

Chris Gambrell
Mar 25


The Gospel of the Self
We talk about dying to self… but we never stop taking selfies.
Somewhere along the way, the cross became a mirror—and the reflection started to look like us.

Chris Gambrell
Mar 25


Speaking Softly into the Noise
A quiet, honest reflection on faith, failure, and the modern Church—written for those who still hear something deeper beneath the noise.

Chris Gambrell
Mar 25
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