You've misrepresented the kingdom. I have. We all have. Whether it was simply an off day or a deliberate decision, we've done things bearing the office of Christian faith that have embarrassed the God we worship. We have taken the Name we bear and we've dragged it through the mud. [Click title to read more.]
Tag: spiritual growth
Your Revelation Is Coming
Some revelations take longer to receive than others. And some come only at certain, special times. Be patient, but be ready. [Click title to read more.]
God Works In The Quiet And The Dark
What I want you to know is that God is working when you don't think He is working. When you think He's stopped working. Long after you have resigned yourself to a "no," God is quietly, patiently, lovingly working. [Click title to read more.]
If You’re Having Trouble With Your Spiritual Sight, Try Looking Within
People often assume that Christianity is a faith that focuses on the external: on evangelizing others, on outward fruit and expressions of faith. It is external, in that sense, but it is also a deeply internal faith: it requires us to look inside our own hearts.[Click title to read more.]
Read The Entire Bible, But Do It For The Right Reasons
What matters is that however we approach the Word, we're in it daily. Deeply. With great commitment and devotion. And that, over the course of our lives, we learn as much of it as we can as intimately as we can. [Click title to read more.]
Mighty Indeed: The Hawk and The Orioles
Christians could take a few lessons from those tenacious little orioles, and one of them is this: it's okay to try something absurd. Do the thing that doesn't seem like it will work, but that you feel called nonetheless to do. Aim higher than reason allows. [Click title to read more.]
Don’t Be Flaky
While I don't believe that Christians should live as slaves to clocks and schedules, so caught up in doing that we forget what we're about, I also believe that it's vital to our relationship with Christ and with others to be...well, reliable. God holds Himself accountable to His appointed times; why should we do any less? [Click title to read more.]
It’s Okay To Be Earnest
We live in a world of artifice, where more often than not genuine enthusiasm and passion for something - for anything! - can be interpreted as caring too much, as trying too hard, as not being critical/cynical/skeptical enough. Our culture maintains a healthy scorn for those it deems to be enjoying themselves too much. But Christians should be different. [Click title to read more.]
The Transformation Is Not Because Of You
You are not responsible for your own goodness. The person you are "after" Christ has everything to do with God, and very little to do with you at all. [Click title to read more.]
The More We Grow, The Warier We Should Be Of Falling
We are never safe from our worst selves, because complacency and indifference grows as we mature. [Click title to read more.]
Samaritan's Song 