In December of 1914, the world was already exhausted by war. The First World War had begun only months earlier, yet the trenches across Europe were already carved deep with fear, grief, and unimaginable loss. Men stood on opposite sides of barbed wire, enemies by uniform, strangers by circumstance, each told that the other wasContinue reading “When Enemies Laid Down Their Weapons: The Christmas Truce of 1914”
Author Archives: The Devotional Guy™
The Devotional Guy™ is a blog written by Rainer Bantau helping Christians think biblically and live purposefully in a complex and changing world.
What Is God Showing You as You Look Forward to a New Year?
An Advent Exposition of the Lord’s Prayer (ESV) Advent places us in a sacred tension between what has been and what is coming. As the year draws to a close, many of us feel the pull to plan, resolve, and prepare. Jesus offers us a prayer that slows us down, centers us, and teaches usContinue reading “What Is God Showing You as You Look Forward to a New Year?”
10 Christmas Blessings for the Christian Blogger
Christmas is here and many of us pause not just to celebrate Christ’s birth, but to reflect on the calling God has placed on our words. Sometimes blogging can feel ordinary, even exhausting at times, yet in God’s hands it becomes holy ground. This season, may these blessings rest gently on every Christian blogger whoContinue reading “10 Christmas Blessings for the Christian Blogger”
