Freedom is something we fight for everyday. I’m not speaking of eternal freedom. I’m not speaking of salvific freedom. For those who are in Christ, we belong to the family of God and will never be plucked out. We are eternally free!
But even though we are saved and our eternal hope is ...
All genuine Christians will love other Christians. Period. God’s Word is clear on this: Christians are called to show their love for God, in part, by the way they love other Christians. We see this concept repeatedly in the book of 1 John. I want us to briefly examine two particularly ...
If I had to guess, I would imagine every person who reads this would be able to answer this next question with the affirmative. Have you ever had a time when you introduced yourself to someone you didn’t know and within 2 minutes of the conversation you have already forgotten the ...
I recently had a conversation with a brother who told me about how he spent his entire quiet time with the Lord in prayer for a brother God laid on his heart. He told me how he was quite burdened for the things his friend was walking through, and wanted to be able to encourage and lift him up, ...
If you really loved me...
...you would want me to be happy.
...you wouldn’t be confronting my behavior.
...you would accept me for me.
...you wouldn't ask me to change.
...you wouldn’t be trying to get me to do something I don’t want to do.
If you’ve ever attempted to ...