FAITH THAT SURVIVES THE STORMS OF LIFE What do we think of when we hear the words, “Knowing God’s heart”? In fact, what is God’s heart if God is only spirit (John 4:24)? Our understanding of what it means to know God’s heart is critical not only to comprehending the core of the Christian faith,… Read More Knowing God’s Heart: The Core of Our Most Foundational Relationship
ONE DIRECTION OR THE OTHER At its roots, Christianity isn’t about feelings or thoughts, it’s all about the heart. In the same way Christianity is all about the heart at its roots, disbelief is all about the self. When we say no to God, we’re saying yes to ourselves, and vice versa; when we deny… Read More Beneath All the Minutia: The Only Right Way to Choose God
Someone I’ve been listening to a lot lately, and whose ministry I truly believe has been blessed by God, is Nate Sala of Wise Disciple on YouTube. Nate used to be a debate coach, and the pastor of a church in Las Vegas, Arizona. The skills he brings to the table in his videos are… Read More The Root Issue Is the Brokenness of the Human Heart
HUMBLING STARTERS I’ve been married once, and divorced once. What a way to begin a Christian article, right? What did I learn? So much. I could probably write a book on what I learned. It’s not just what I learned from and about the relationship I was in, but how the relationship issues I experienced… Read More Marital Wisdom: Seek the Lord First
MISTAKING JESUS’S IDENTITY Jesus Christ means different things to different people, and what He means changes how we see and live our lives. For better or worse, Jesus’s name does not lack an impact on a person; the only difference is which impact is made. When Jesus is merely viewed as a moral, scrupulous wise… Read More The Impact of Christ’s Divinity in a Corrupt World
FALLACIES ABOUT CHRISTIANITY Christianity isn’t about what we must do to earn God’s love and pardon, but about living out of the joy of God’s love for us. What really cements in the cause for joy in Christianity is that what Christ did, He did while we were still drenched in our sin. If He… Read More The Face of Christianity: Jesus’s Undying Love
THE COMMAND TO LOVE When God incarnated into Christ on earth 2,000 years ago, He inculcated humanity with the seed of what faith in action looks like. He offended religious stricture by loving God more than rules and rituals (Mark 3:1-6). Through His sacrificial death on the cross, He exemplified His deep love for us, affirming… Read More Ambassadors for Christ: Loving Like Jesus Loved
Hearing about Jesus as Lord as an unbeliever can feel like whiplash on the brain. The information is so potent at first that it’s almost numbing. But gradually, the words fall into place, one word of epoch-making truth after another. Eventually, the process of knowing Jesus becomes a goal: we read the Word to learn about Jesus, we pray and worship… Read More Intimacy We Were Created For
