What do Christians living in 1st century Philippi and Christians living in the 21st century have in common? Both belong to increasingly marginalized minorities in countries where the culture espouses…
We’re called to know the message of the gospel, keep to this message, share this message and invest this message in others. Very simply: we’re called to be faithful to…
What’s your center, your north star, the principle or truth that helps you navigate your life and lets you know when you’re off center? In this passage, we read one…
Paul, writing from prison, wants to remind fellow Christians that though his circumstances aren’t ideal they’re being used by God as a platform to tell others about Jesus. We need…
The love that God wants us to have and show in our lives is a heart and life-stretching love; this is a love that is counter to most “loves” as…
One author said, “God has designed us to be together and He’s created us for community but indifference, isolation and competition has seduced us into thinking we need to look…
Confession is a powerful tool that God has given to us to retool or recalibrate our relationship regarding our thoughts, attitudes and affections so that we’re walking in a right…
When we believe in Jesus and the victory he made through his cross/resurrection, we, despite having dirty hands, an impure heart and continually lifting up our lives to ideas and/or…
Frank Sinatra’s song “My Way” expresses one of America’s highest aspirations/ideals, that of the self-made man, the self-sufficient/reliant woman; we don’t need anyone. I’m autonomous/independent. I’ll do things my way….
Most of us think we’re pretty good self-evaluators, we assess ourselves and think “I’m a pretty good person”. The issue is that self-evaluation involves interpretation and for most people the…
