friend – Growing To Know God

Overcome Doubts: Doubtbusters! God Is My Shrink!

June 25, 2022April 2, 2022 by Bruce Leiter

If you want more-in-depth knowledge about how to have more faith in God, go to my spiritual self-care page. When you read my book Doubtbusters! God is My Shrink! God will help you “bust” your doubts and overcome your anger and anxiety about life. I as myself, a retired pastor, befriend two thirty-something fictional skeptics, who also frequent a hot tub at the pool where I swim in a fictional Iowa town. Together we unlikely threesome go on a “journey” …

Who is your companion?

May 30, 2022January 31, 2022 by Bruce Leiter

If you want more-in-depth knowledge about how to have more faith in God, check out https://www.growingtoknowgod.com/spiritual-self-care-resources/. Most of us like to have some sort of a companion with whom we can share our life. We often want a spouse or a good friend or both who will allow us to unload our feelings or with whom we can share our ideas. Good friends are hard to find; but a solid, committed friendship is the best basis for a long-lasting marriage. …

Grow to Know God in Hebrews (2)

May 30, 2022August 2, 2021 by Bruce Leiter

If you want more-in-depth knowledge about how to have more faith in God, check out https://www.growingtoknowgod.com/spiritual-self-care-resources/. As I said in Part One, the writer to the Hebrews elevates Jesus to be equal with God. He is much higher than the angels, Moses, the Jewish priests, and even the Jewish high priest. He is God with the Father and the Holy Spirit as the one, only-true God. Then, the writer points us to Jesus as the Starter and Finisher of …

Knowing God

May 30, 2022May 24, 2021 by Bruce Leiter

If you want more-in-depth knowledge about how to have more faith in God, check out https://www.growingtoknowgod.com/spiritual-self-care-resources/. When I was young, I thought that God was unknowable, especially when he didn’t answer my prayers. He seemed to be on a par with Santa Claus, at least when I found out that Santa was a myth. Can anyone really know God, or is he a figment of people’s imaginations like Santa? You probably already know my take on God, which I have …