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
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF GOD’S PRESENCE If our heart is facing the right direction, thankfulness and gratitude are close by, and in overflow. Life is full of surprises. Some good, others not so much. God allows both to occur to everyone. He rains on the righteous and the unrighteous alike. He loves everyone, but not everyone loves… Read More Thankfulness that Fills Our Hearts… & Not Just Our Plates
FOR STARTERS The distorted and damaging lies about Jesus that convince nonbelievers to reject the free gift of salvation through the grace of God are reasons in themselves to write passionately about the truth of Christianity. Spiritual rebirth (which occurs by faith in Christ leading to receiving the gift of the Holy Spirit through water… Read More Stumbling On the Path of Discovering the Truth of God: The Choice Which Matters Most
It’s impossible to be a Christian and not clothe ourselves with Christ (Romans 13:14). Many call themselves Christians, but few choose to be “buried” in Christ (Romans 6:4) by leaning into what it means to deny ourselves the way Jesus commands us to (Matthew 16:24). His blood cleanses our conscience of our sins and washes… Read More Putting On Christ: Radical Preparation for Eternity
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?
The name above every other name (Philippians 2:9). The only name that can save every person’s soul whose heart repents and places faith in that very name as Messiah. Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Son of Man, the King of kings and Lord of lords. There is none other like Him! HOW WE… Read More Name Above Every Name – Our Emmanuel
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
UNRIGHTEOUS DECISIONS As we invite Jesus into our lives, He doesn’t leave us the same. The reason why is because we’re sinners; we have a propensity for making unrighteous decisions, and that vice needs correction. Jesus never made one bad decision in His entire life. When He was crucified for speaking the truth of His… Read More Never the Same Again: A Faithful Approach to New Life
THOSE WHO HAVEN’T HEARD OR ACCEPTED HIS CALL Wherever I go, I witness the majority of people do not display the love of God in their actions. In the majority of voices and words I hear from them, God’s love is not projected from their hearts. I sense God’s absence, His distance; not because He… Read More Rampant Spiritual Warfare: Don’t Be Deceived, Be the Church
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
