Biblical discipleship is not a one and done kind of thing. It’s not a one-time prayer. It’s not a one- size-fits-all or a match-making program. Discipleship is not a program of volunteerism, going to church on a Sunday, or an event or a mission trip. Yes, these things...
Jesus, God in the flesh, had a mission and purpose for coming and the cross was part of God’s sacrificial work and means to free us and enable us to live in His Kingdom on mission FIRST - right here on earth, right now. Jesus is our example of how to do this – living...
Desire. To want, to wish. To feel longing for. It’s not a bad thing, but it’s not a good thing if that’s what mostly defines our faith in God. I mean, yes - God wants us to desire Him, but He wants that desire to translate into choosing Him, pursuing Him and obeying...
2020 was a GREAT year, right? If we understand our salvation through the lens of conformity to Christ, then 2020 should have been a seriously GREAT year for us Christians. 2020 provided lots of opportunities to SEE the ugly in ourselves and lots of opportunities to...
Where our comfort zone ends, the will of God begins We are creatures of comfort and habit. And since we love our suffering, testing and trial free zones, we are easily lulled into being content with the status quo of our religious traditions and habits. If we were to...
Struggling to feel holly and jolly? As the song goes, “It’s the most wonderful time of the year...” Yet, for some of us it’s been hard to move into a space that reflects the reality of that sentiment. It may have been months since you last hugged your grandchildren,...
The Bible teaches us that it is impossible to please God without faith. On the surface this sounds pretty straight forward, until we need to make a decision which tests our faith. Many times we struggle with the question, “What if I make the wrong choice?” If we stay in that struggle too long, eventually our cautiousness will give way to unbelief.