Ephesians 2:6

Whether we withhold hospitality out of a sense of superiority or out of fear, the root issue is the same: we think more of ourselves than we should.…

From Christy Christopher: It is so easy to fixate on what I am seeing with my eyes and feeling with my emotions. The temptation to hyper-focus on the waves and wind is almost irresistible.…

You may think that living the Christian life is either extremely boring, or nearly impossible. Waves of guilt and shame combine with a constant feeling of inadequacy to create a life of judgement and self-condemnation. At every turn, you encounter another reason that you don’t measure up or need to…

You may think that living the Christian life is either extremely boring, or nearly impossible. Waves of guilt and shame combine with a constant feeling of inadequacy to create a life of judgement and self-condemnation. At every turn, you encounter another reason that you don’t measure up or need to…

I don’t know about you, but walking slowly kills me. Whether it be the zoo, the mall or the museum, there is lots of walking slowly while looking at things. I can walk quickly or run, but the slow walking makes me hurt in ways I never expect. Sometimes I feel like that’s how so much of life is—slow-…

In a metaphysical sense, we’ve already entered Heaven’s community.…

I grab every stubborn problem in my life and smash it against the rock of salvation in the name of Jesus Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries, Power Must Change Hands. February 2003…

To us, history can feel like a war story. To God, it’s a love story. Not a cheap coming-of-age novel, a fully-fledged romance of love overcoming tragedy.…

On Sunday we explored three descriptions of the church found in the book of Ephesians. We saw that the word “church,” used in those passages, was not speaking directly about a specific local church. Instead, it referred to “The Church.” What we sometimes call “the universal church.” All of God’s people from all time. We…

How is the kingdom of God connected to the 1000-year reign in Revelation 20? Does it help to ask who this vision is about, rather than when?…