“Most Christians are satisfied living their entire lives as common Christians. They never experience the richness of what it truly means to be a Christian. Without a deep insatiable hunger for the things of God, there is nothing within them prodding them to go forward to perfection…once again, we need a great move of the …
Image via Pixabay “I am wholly deserving of all the consequences that I will in fact never receive simply because God unashamedly stepped in front of me on the cross, unflinchingly spread His arms so as to completely shield me from the retribution that was mine to bear, and repeatedly took the blows. And I …
“I imagine Lent for you and for me as a great departure from the greedy, anxious anti-neighborliness of our economy, a great departure from our exclusionary politics that fears the other, a great departure from self-indulgent consumerism that devours creation. And then an arrival in a new neighborhood, because it is a gift to be …
“But we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block and to Gentiles foolishness….” I Corinthians 1:23 In the last few posts, I wrote of the coming of our Savior and the light that He brought into the dark world. Light is a popular topic around Christmas. We find great comfort in the positive themes …
"To secure one's freedom the Christian must experience God's light which is God's truth." - Watchman Nee “This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, …
Climb Free post - a deeper look at truths that can change our view of our God, ourselves, and the way in which we can live effectively in this world. (This is part 4 in a series, a continuation of the exploration of our God’s “hesed” love, His covenant love for us.) Just what is …
Continue reading Climb Free: The Covenant Love of God in the New Testament
A Climb Free post - a deeper look at truths that can change our view of our God, ourselves, and the way in which we can live effectively in this world. (This is a continuation of the exploration of our God’s “hesed” love, His covenant love for us.) The covenant love our God is always …
Continue reading The Love of God – His Steadfast Love (Part 3 in a series)
A Climb Free post - a deeper look at truths that can change our view of our God, ourselves, and the way in which we can live effectively in this world. (This is a continuation of the exploration of our God’s covenant love for us.) The terms used for the love of our God more …
Continue reading Climb Free: The Love of God – A Covenant Love
“There is no peace like the peace of those whose minds are possessed with full assurance that they have known God, and God has known them, and that this relationship guarantees God’s favor to them in life, through death and on forever.” - JI Packer What does it mean to know your God as it …
Continue reading Familiarity, Not Facts; Intimacy, Not Information.
A Climb Free post - a deeper look at truths that can change our view of our God, ourselves, and the way in which we can live effectively in this world. Years ago, I was working in a church in Idaho, developing student ministry programming and working directly with students from four communities. One of …
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