A WORLD IN DISARRAY Lots of us are overwhelmed by what’s going on in the world today. There’s war between Israel and Iran, and between Russia and Ukraine. Syria recently had a massacre of Christians reported. Related Christian atrocities are happening in other parts of the world. There’s the conversation about the “Globalists” or the… Read More End Times, AI & Works-Based Salvation: How Faith Fights a Darkening World
ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTION We all ask good questions. Sometimes we just don’t ask the right one, and the answer we need gets lost without us realizing we missed the mark. Many people today live their lives very casually. They mind their business, some smile at strangers, and others even help the needy bystander for… Read More Do You REALLY Need Jesus If You’re a Good Person?
A NEW REALITY Have you ever been so sure of something about your life or yourself that you didn’t even have to think about it, where the “knowing” was just a part of your reality? Or, have you ever connected with something so deeply, such as with knowledge or relationship itself, that it felt like… Read More This Is How We Die to Ourselves
AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO DELIVER A friend of mine passed away about a month ago, she was younger than I am. Hadn’t spoken to her in years. But I was thinking eventually I would see her and we would catch up about all the time we’d missed. This wasn’t something I was planning to write… Read More Tomorrow Is Today: Let Faith Do the Talking
Colossians 1:16 “For through him God created everything in heaven and on earth, the seen and the unseen things, including spiritual powers, lords, rulers, and authorities. God created the whole universe through him and for him.” MASSIVE UNDERTAKING There seems to be an increasingly growing intention of reframing the very grounds of belief in spirituality… Read More Spirituality Without God: There’s No Such Thing
Are niceness and kindness the same? They’re not. Niceness is being agreeable, or pleasant. Kindness is benevolence; being friendly, generous, or considerate. What makes the difference between them important? There’s nothing wrong about niceness as a quality unless it’s a facade. Niceness has a cunning way of being the smiley face in front of a… Read More Bold & Kind: Feeding Christians Protein-Style Manna
OUR PROMINENT VOCATION Without question, spreading and inspiring the importance of relationship with God in Christ for the purpose of the salvation of sinners, is the most important vocation any believer could pursue. There are those of us who understand and believe the God of the Bible is a God of righteousness, justice, and salvation;… Read More Empowerment & Revelation of God’s Grace
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
DESPERATE FOR THE ‘NARROW GATE’ Recently, a song by the rock band, Red, spawned an inspiration to write this article. The song title is “Coming Apart,” which is found on their “Gone” album. This song reminds me that there is never a place in this life where I feel safe without feeling desperate for God.… Read More Freed From Ephemeral Living: Released By Surrender
Truly, what is the purpose of belief in a God if the God of that belief knows nothing of love, or, more intrinsically, is not itself love incarnate? OUR NATURAL STATE OF NEED FOR LOVE One of the deepest longings we share as a race is to feel loved unconditionally. Many people get caught up believing… Read More Recognizing the God of Love
