Faith, Family, Mission
Rock of Ages, cleft for me,Let me hide myself in Thee;Let the water and the blood,From Thy wounded side which flowed,Be of sin the double cure,Save from wrath and make me pure. Not the labor of my handsCan fulfill Thy law’s demands;Could my zeal no respite know,Could my tears forever flow,All for sin could not […]
In his autobiography Surprised by Joy, C.S. Lewis brings up a very fascinating analogy that has always stayed with me. Us trying to meet God is like Hamlet trying to meet Shakespeare. No matter where Hamlet looks in his world, he will never find Shakespeare (though he will see evidence of Shakespeare’s personality and character […]
If we are Christians, the Bible encourages, indeed commands, us to live our lives for Christ, even when our values and perspectives are completely counter-cultural, possibly leading to ridicule and contempt. As Christ Himself said, “…but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates […]
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose…What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us […]
The more we trust God, the less we should fear rejection. And the less we fear rejection, the bolder we should be to reach out and try new things for God. As Christians, we are not called to live safe, indecisive lives. No one in the Bible who is praised by God lived a safe, […]
Keeping a daily prayer routine is hard. We always have excuses: in the morning we’re too sleepy, in the middle of the day we have no time, and in the evening we just want to relax and head to sleep. I’ve struggled with all of these things. In this blog post I want to share […]
Ever since I was young, my parents and adults at church have been telling me that I need to have a good daily prayer routine. “You need to spend time with God everyday,” they said. “Put God first.” But every serious Christian out there knows that establishing a daily prayer routine is no easy feat. […]