Many Christians have been taught that spiritual maturity means becoming less and less ourselves. But Scripture paints a different picture. God isn’t trying to erase your humanity—he’s restoring it. The goal isn’t none of you; it’s all of you, renewed in Christ.
I have found that the majority of prayer services are practiced only from an intercessory angle—in other words, many Christians only pray prayers that treat God as though He’s some kind of magical cosmic genie. They ask and they ask, repeating the same prayer over and over again with different words for ten minutes straight,…
“‘It gets disheartening to never have answers for people’s big problems,’ Bradley said. So 1208Greenwood is working to launch Empowerment Houses, which will provide transitional housing for the homeless and work with them to provide basic needs and help stabilize their lives.” Thanks to Marie for writing up this article for our #GivingTuesday campaign! Check out…
Our #GivingTuesday campaign has begun and you can give quickly and directly via Facebook! What are we raising money for? Well that all starts with a story: Around the start of 2019, our church received word that Loretta—a neighbor of ours—had ended up in the hospital and wasn’t expected to survive. At the same time…
Revelation is a very confusing book, but it’s more understandable than you might think if you come at it from the perspective of the scholars and theologians who know it best. In this introduction to our new series, Jamin invites to see this book as letter, prophecy, and apocalypse. He then answers any questions people…
Hearing God’s voice is a bit different for everyone, but whatever the case may be for you, getting quiet is typically what all Christians need do to hear Him. This is illustrated by the famous story of Elijah on a mountain, waiting to meet with God. And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and…
While I was originally taught that prophecy died out long ago, my supernatural experiences in college began to teach me that it is still entirely possible to hear the voice of God. It took me awhile to figure this out because I thought that God’s voice must be overly surreal and obvious. After all, the…
While it’s true that Jesus gave us information about what the end times will look like, it’s important that we not get caught up in predicting the end of the world, because to do that is to miss Jesus’ real point in it all. As James R. Edwards points out, No one is either encouraged…
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