SHELBY ABBOTTSHELBY ABBOTT https://shelbyabbott.com Aligning you with Christ. Connecting you with culture. Tue, 21 Oct 2025 15:45:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://shelbyabbott.com/app/uploads/2016/09/Screen-Shot-2016-09-19-at-3.25.36-PM.png SHELBY ABBOTT https://shelbyabbott.com 32 32 Where Is God? https://shelbyabbott.com/2024/07/22/where-is-god/ https://shelbyabbott.com/2024/07/22/where-is-god/#comments Mon, 22 Jul 2024 20:40:22 +0000 Shelby Abbott https://shelbyabbott.com/?p=978 God’s ways are not my ways…and that’s a very good thing. If you are a Christian, all of your hopelessness died on the third day when God the Son killed death itself and rose to life again. Victory and power rests in the empty tomb of Jesus Christ, and because he holds the keys to […]

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]]> God’s ways are not my ways…and that’s a very good thing. If you are a Christian, all of your hopelessness died on the third day when God the Son killed death itself and rose to life again. Victory and power rests in the empty tomb of Jesus Christ, and because he holds the keys to […]

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]]> https://shelbyabbott.com/2024/07/22/where-is-god/feed/ 2 Six Things to Help You From Becoming a Digital Fool https://shelbyabbott.com/2023/04/25/six-things-help-becoming-digital-fool/ https://shelbyabbott.com/2023/04/25/six-things-help-becoming-digital-fool/#comments Tue, 25 Apr 2023 20:44:14 +0000 Shelby Abbott https://shelbyabbott.com/?p=939   When we type with our thumbs, they are an extension of our mouths, and as Scripture says, our mouths are an extension of our hearts. (Matt. 12:34) Consequently, your thumbs represent who you are. So by observing what you post online and what you text to others, who would people say you are? Are […]

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]]>   When we type with our thumbs, they are an extension of our mouths, and as Scripture says, our mouths are an extension of our hearts. (Matt. 12:34) Consequently, your thumbs represent who you are. So by observing what you post online and what you text to others, who would people say you are? Are […]

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]]> https://shelbyabbott.com/2023/04/25/six-things-help-becoming-digital-fool/feed/ 1 Why “Live Your Own Truth” is a Garbage Statement https://shelbyabbott.com/2021/08/16/live-truth-garbage-statement/ https://shelbyabbott.com/2021/08/16/live-truth-garbage-statement/#comments Mon, 16 Aug 2021 18:27:42 +0000 Shelby Abbott https://shelbyabbott.com/?p=786 There must be shared common ground on what we believe is real, otherwise, there will always be conflict and chaos. The problem is that most people in the cultural West struggle to find such common ground when it comes to truth, because that culture has been spoon-feeding the “live your own truth” mantra to itself […]

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]]> There must be shared common ground on what we believe is real, otherwise, there will always be conflict and chaos. The problem is that most people in the cultural West struggle to find such common ground when it comes to truth, because that culture has been spoon-feeding the “live your own truth” mantra to itself […]

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]]> https://shelbyabbott.com/2021/08/16/live-truth-garbage-statement/feed/ 2 Victorious in Heaven https://shelbyabbott.com/2021/05/21/victorious-in-heaven/ https://shelbyabbott.com/2021/05/21/victorious-in-heaven/#comments Fri, 21 May 2021 18:54:02 +0000 Shelby Abbott https://shelbyabbott.com/?p=769 About 15 months ago, I posted about my wife’s friend Erin, who was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. A post was just made today from Lauren Wells, a close friend of Erin and her family, and I wanted to relay that post here. It’s beautifully written and will help you to specifically pray for Erin’s […]

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]]> About 15 months ago, I posted about my wife’s friend Erin, who was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. A post was just made today from Lauren Wells, a close friend of Erin and her family, and I wanted to relay that post here. It’s beautifully written and will help you to specifically pray for Erin’s […]

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]]> https://shelbyabbott.com/2021/05/21/victorious-in-heaven/feed/ 1 Remembering Big Break https://shelbyabbott.com/2021/03/08/remembering-big-break/ https://shelbyabbott.com/2021/03/08/remembering-big-break/#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2021 18:27:17 +0000 Shelby Abbott https://shelbyabbott.com/?p=749 Today would have been the first day of beach evangelism for all the students who came for week 1 of Cru’s Big Break conference. This morning, they would have gone through their first session of evangelism training on how to listen well, ask good questions, care for people they talk with, and genuinely empathize with […]

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]]> Today would have been the first day of beach evangelism for all the students who came for week 1 of Cru’s Big Break conference. This morning, they would have gone through their first session of evangelism training on how to listen well, ask good questions, care for people they talk with, and genuinely empathize with […]

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]]> https://shelbyabbott.com/2021/03/08/remembering-big-break/feed/ 2 Longhorn Cows and Chronic Pain https://shelbyabbott.com/2018/04/10/longhorn-cows-chronic-pain/ https://shelbyabbott.com/2018/04/10/longhorn-cows-chronic-pain/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2018 18:18:34 +0000 Shelby Abbott http://shelbyabbott.com/?p=482 I recently took a trip to Austin, Texas and was met by the most quintessential Texas-y thing upon leaving the Austin Airport. No, a cowboy didn’t ride up to me on a horse and hand me a plate of barbecue, but it was pretty much the next best thing. A coworker and friend of mine […]

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]]> I recently took a trip to Austin, Texas and was met by the most quintessential Texas-y thing upon leaving the Austin Airport. No, a cowboy didn’t ride up to me on a horse and hand me a plate of barbecue, but it was pretty much the next best thing. A coworker and friend of mine […]

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]]> https://shelbyabbott.com/2018/04/10/longhorn-cows-chronic-pain/feed/ 4 The Old Taylor Can’t Come to the Phone Right Now https://shelbyabbott.com/2017/12/13/old-taylor-cant-come-phone-right-now/ https://shelbyabbott.com/2017/12/13/old-taylor-cant-come-phone-right-now/#comments Wed, 13 Dec 2017 17:08:44 +0000 Shelby Abbott http://shelbyabbott.com/?p=468 It’s been a little over a month since Taylor Swift’s Reputation was released to be purchased online or as a CD in tandem with a magazine at Target. Initially, I was asked by multiple people what I thought of the album, and I could never really give a cut-and-dry response, because my opinion was as […]

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]]> It’s been a little over a month since Taylor Swift’s Reputation was released to be purchased online or as a CD in tandem with a magazine at Target. Initially, I was asked by multiple people what I thought of the album, and I could never really give a cut-and-dry response, because my opinion was as […]

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