Candid & Necessary: What Does It Really Mean to Be Raised in the Church?

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?

Encouragement in These Hostile Times

This is for someone out there. I hope it’s you. UNTAMED, INCORRUPTIBLE WORD OF GOD There’s a lot of spiritual backfiring going on in the world today. As a fellow brother Christ-follower, I’m here to remind you: don’t give up the faith. The devil loves to bark loud to scare off the sheep, but the… Read More Encouragement in These Hostile Times

Persecuted, Hated, & Oppressed for His Name’s Sake… Blessed Are You

CHALLENGING PASSAGES Sometimes, it’s the most challenging passages of Scripture that are most pertinent for our spiritual growth. Sometimes, we need to read the hard stuff to understand why Psalm 119:130 says that the Word gives understanding even to the child. Some translations read that it gives understanding to the “inexperienced.” If we don’t open… Read More Persecuted, Hated, & Oppressed for His Name’s Sake… Blessed Are You

When We Suffer: Discipline of the Spirit

HORRORS OF A WORLD WITH SIN There is so much suffering in this world. So much suffering. It’s one of the most common reasons unbelievers have put aside considering the existence of a so-called all-loving God. There is so much trauma in life that one wonders how a loving God, with all His wisdom and… Read More When We Suffer: Discipline of the Spirit

Spiritual Burdens: Revealing Doubt

Sometimes, the hardest part of walking in faith is the spiritual burden of remaining in the belief that we’re not wrong about what we believe in. PERNICIOUS DOUBT Spiritual attack is not always something severe like possession, such as the portrayals in movies like The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It. In fact, most… Read More Spiritual Burdens: Revealing Doubt