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?
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
EVERYTHING IS NOT OKAY We can’t keep lying to ourselves saying everything’s okay. Not everything’s okay. And that’s the truth, isn’t it? It’s okay to not be okay. What’s not okay about not being okay is staying there. We can’t stay in the ‘not okay’ place inside ourselves forever. It’s a season. Seasons come and… Read More Short & Intentional: May Today Be the Day We Truly Lived
THE STOMACHACHE For those of us who’ve spent a large portion of our lives eating unhealthy food on a regular basis, we’ve learned to expect a stomachache; the intestinal discomfort of the gut’s rejection of ingredients our body finds little to no nutritious value in at all. We expect to spend a longer time in… Read More Learning to Deprive Our Soul of What It Doesn’t Need
PERFECTLY IMPERFECT MESSES God exists. We can see His divine nature in all of creation (Romans 1:20). We see His fingerprints in the way creation has His signature of design on it, rather than “chance” or random chaos. In fact, because there is no such thing as an actual “perfect mess,” one is forced into… Read More Beauty for the Ages: Seeing God With Imperfect Eyes
“EMERGENCY BY RED“ In this article, I’d really like to tackle the song titled, “Emergency,” by the band Red on their most recent album released back in September, “Rated R”. And by tackle, what I mean is I want to share some thoughts on why I feel this song is so important. If you haven’t… Read More An Urgent Song for Every Heart: “Emergency” by Red
It can get easy to think—especially during more difficult times—that our fight is a one-man battle. But truthfully, this very banal and short-sighted mentality always results with unnecessary pain in our personal lives. BARE-BONED EXISTENCE: AN EARLY GRAVE What am I talking about, really? At its heart, I’m referring to the deleterious emotional atmosphere of… Read More A One-Man Battle Plan: What Will it Take to Truly Live?
AFRAID TO KNOW WHAT WE KNOW If you’re like me, you have been influenced by people in ways that caused you to question yourself along the years, but the real questioning has always been “who are you?” from your own third perspective. You’ve noticed some others tend to act fearless, sometimes like they have all… Read More Do We Really Know Ourselves?
One of the most obvious and prominent theological contentions unbelievers have is why faith in Jesus is so important: why not just believe in being a good person, or just believe in a Higher Power? What does life have to do with Jesus? JESUS’S RELEVANT DIVINITY Following how the Bible teaches that the only way to… Read More Why Does it Have to be Jesus?
