There are so many depictions of “Jesus” today, from books like Jesus Calling to films like The Passion of the Christ and The Chosen, and most of these depict a false Jesus. Some are downright blatant in their dangerous heresy, like The DaVinci Code. Anything, though, which isn’t 100% biblically accurate—taken straight from the pages […]
Tag: Growth
Self-Control
Yea, this one isn’t gonna just step on toes. It’s going to crush them. Even my own—OUCH! Most people know the fruit (singular) of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control (in the original text, there is no “and self-control”, because these are united aspects of one essence—the divine nature of […]
Spiritual Warfare
There is so much debate around spiritual warfare, demonic possession, deliverance ministry, and the like, causing me to evaluate my understanding and nail down exactly what is biblical truth about the matter. Looking to the New Testament church, there is no Scriptural support for demonic possession of Christians, per se, but there is Scriptural support […]
Influence
You know, struggling with eating healthy has brought some things to my attention. There’s so much contradictory “advice” out there, it’s utterly confusing and downright chaotic. Eat dairy. Stay away from dairy. Eat soy, it’s great for hormones. Stay away from soy, it’s inflammatory and damages the body. Paleo is the only way to go. […]
Com-
In our youth Bible study we’ve been discussing your personal relationship with Christ. Nobody can make that relationship for you; that is a covenant between you and God alone through Jesus Christ. This is something I think all youth—adolescents and teens—need to fully understand, because it can be so easy to follow the crowd, to […]
Changes
I say good-bye once again to a home. Tonight is our last official night here. It’s easy to know how you’re supposed to feel as a Christian—knowing a house is only a temporary, earthly dwelling that only feels special because of the loved ones who live there, but it’s incredibly tough to put what you […]
Thoughts
I’m not sure about you, but -being honest and open in my growth- my mind is filled with some pretty stupid things sometimes. It may be regrets from poor decisions made, ungodly entertainment that I chose in the past which stills steps forward in my memories today (sometimes replaying scenes of which I don’t want […]
Bless This Mess?
I love social media’s “memories.” It helps me see my spiritual progress, reflect on the areas in which I’ve grown or need to improve, and reminds of many excellent lessons learned and taught. The following is one memory that is worthy of sharing – Something was on my heart (after receiving a mailer) that I […]
Activated
As mentioned previously, I am a youth leader within the church. Last night I had a dream I was teaching my youth this lesson. In my dream, we were outdoors somewhere. The youth were quite distracted and kept walking off. They didn’t want to hear it at first – as many of us don’t sometimes, […]