What to do With a Season of Discontent
Learning to be content in a world focused on having the latest, greatest, and more requires study and practice and a focus on finding satisfaction in Christ alone....
Keep ReadingOctober 18, 2014 | Category: Christian Living | Tags: Tenth Commandment, Jesus, the Gospel, Good News, Contentment
Learning to be content in a world focused on having the latest, greatest, and more requires study and practice and a focus on finding satisfaction in Christ alone....
Keep ReadingOctober 11, 2014 | Category: Christian Living | Tags: God's grace, Jesus, Holy Spirit, image bearers, Gospel, body image
The world shouts at us to be and look a certain way and when we fail to hear God over the shouting of the media it can lead to poor body image, eating disorders, and a struggle with doing and creating in our power. Keeping our eyes on God helps to remind us it is not in our power that things change but in God's grace....
Keep ReadingOctober 4, 2014 | Category: Christian Living | Tags: bride, marriage, wedding, love, groom, Christ, the cross
How is marriage defined? What does it represent? Is it all about mutual feelings or something bigger?...
Keep ReadingSeptember 27, 2014 | Category: Christian Living | Tags: bible study, Bible, the Word of God, God's story, D.A. Carson, God speaks
God speaks through His living active Word to reveal to us His character, His thoughts, and His attributes to teach us who He is and how to bring Him glory. If we have trouble hearing Him, the Bible is a good place to start listening....
Keep ReadingSeptember 13, 2014 | Category: Life Together | Tags: love, dying to self, other centeredness, sanctification, image bearers
Believing Christians are a work in progress. The work begins at the cross and is continual until our last breath. Christian maturity is achieved through growth in Christ and is accompanied with a love for others and a desire to live in community. ...
Keep ReadingAugust 30, 2014 | Category: Life Together | Tags: Christ, unity, love, life together, body of Christ
It is this love; Christ's love, that creates unity in the midst of diversity; quelling hostility and fostering humility. It is there when we lose our self importance, that the ability to truly serve and love others comes into sharp focus....
Keep ReadingAugust 23, 2014 | Category: Christian Living | Tags: words, Word of God, love, honor, speak life
From the depths of your heart radiates truth. The beauty of a soul tuned to the Lord is reflected in the words. Let your heart reflect Jesus and the inward changes He has made in you and rivers of living water will flow out to others....
Keep ReadingAugust 9, 2014 | Category: Christian Living | Tags: God's grace, indwelling Holy Spirit, Christ's presence
We stand as witnesses to the miraculous and divine daily if we stand "in Christ," as believers, as Christians....
Keep ReadingJuly 26, 2014 | Category: Christian Living | Tags: Jesus, Glory of the Gospel, reflection, image bearers
Do clothes really make the woman? Is outward appearance truly a reflection of success and well being. If we look a certain way will it solve all of our ills?...
Keep ReadingJuly 19, 2014 | Category: Christian Living | Tags: Bible, Jesus, Holy Spirit, John Piper, The Lord, sanctification
Seek after God and look not for the mundane but the bold and the stunning! Be awed by the transforming power of the Gospel....
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