SPIRITUAL WAR BEHIND THE CURTAIN OF REALITY After spending years in the world, it becomes natural to view life as it appears to the naked, unawakened spiritual eye: We only see the characteristics of a corporeal, empirical reality with nothing in-between that and the mystery of the unseen. So we’re not alert. We’re unprepared. We’ve… Read More Picking Up Our Cross… Denying Ourselves Is Just the Beginning: Part 2
DEEP, SUBCONSCIOUS LAYERS OF RESISTANCE Some have heard the Good News of Jesus Christ presented to them in a manner that felt like judgement upon their lives, and their pre-existing guilt or shame caused them to throw away the invitation in that moment. That pre-existing guilt or shame is, for many us still—a subconscious reality:… Read More Spreading the Best Good News There is in a Hurting World
LIKE A DOG RETURNS TO ITS VOMIT Too many people live in the shame of yesterday, hard hits from years past, the adversities and shackles of moments we relive, and the shadows we can’t seem to escape. Not many of us have the joy we’d give anything to grasp onto, and we soak in the… Read More From Insanity to Glory in the Highest: Become Alive in Christ
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
