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
GOD’S TRUTH IS NOT OURS One of the truths about Christianity that calls to my soul is that it’s not about “feeling good,” it’s about knowing the Truth, and choosing to let the Truth set us free by embracing the way God’s love for us doesn’t leave us the same when we choose the Truth… Read More Not a Feel-Good Religion, But a Call To Arms
REBORN BY A PRIVATE CHOICE By itself, being raised going to church doesn’t make any person a Christian. A Christian isn’t defined by church attendance. A Christ-follower is any person whose heart has been reborn by choosing Jesus as Lord, through faith; a private choice they make in their heart, which becomes the choice they… Read More Candid & Necessary: What Does It Really Mean to Be Raised in the Church?
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
“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
THE CLAIM AND THE TRUTH Claiming to be a Christian isn’t the same as being a Christian. Let’s not get this wrong. Claiming to be Christian is really easy, but being a Christ-follower looks very specific from the outside looking in. This isn’t new news. The same way a hypocrite looks and sounds a specific… Read More The Line Between Belief & Repentance: Putting on Christ
HOT AND LUKEWARM FAITH How hot is your faith in Christ? Remember in Revelations 3:16, Jesus says that He will spit out the lukewarm. Lukewarm Christians call themselves Christians but they haven’t consciously surrendered every part of who they are, and they aren’t really trying to put on their new self in Christ (Ephesians 4:22-24).… Read More Hot, Lukewarm, or Cold? The Narrow Gate
STUMBLING OVER BLINDNESS Tragedy, trauma, and suffering are incredible motivators. They leave us with scars; imprints of the impacts—indelible memories that shape and define certain narratives so many of us live by. Without these painful realities, much of our lives would look very different than they do now. Each of us has our story. We’ve… Read More God’s Mercies: Forgiveness Leaves the Scar of Christ in Us
UNNECESSARY CONTORTIONS People treat happiness like an addiction sometimes. It’s as though the most important aspect of our everyday lives is to quickly return to happiness, lest it be lost in the wake of any number of irritable circumstances. We could even say people could come across as anxious or afraid of losing happiness. This… Read More The Endless Pursuit of Happiness & Finding Real Joy
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
