Renewing Faith │ Restoring Hope
Love eternal, love divine –always present, rarely observed.
Many times, what we desire most is right before our eyes. Such blindness is revealed time and again from the most successful to the least accomplished. Simply put, people regularly fail to see and appreciate the blessings they’ve already been given. Continue reading “Blind No More”
This week we launch our third animated reading. The next five weeks of blog posts will draw from themes in the poem. If you like the video, please share with others.
Continue reading “Animated Reading: The Potter and the Flute”
We are all beggars, all beggars indeed. But, the beggars who live are those who learn where to find the bread and water, who know the Hand that feeds us all.
“I’m not a beggar … I’m a child of God!”
“Why all this talk of begging when God has given us the privilege of sons and daughters? Isn’t Christian salvation more about elevating than demoting our standing before God?”
These very questions reflect how much our perception of salvation is skewed by an unyielding focus on ourselves. Continue reading “Facing Beggar’s Shame”
In our journey towards holy desperation, we now consider the posture of spiritual brokenness. As with holy desperation so too must we realize there are two kinds of brokenness—spiritual brokenness and earthly brokenness. Continue reading “Rethinking Brokenness”
Heaven—a place of eternal life and unspeakable joy in the presence of God. Salvation—assurance of entrance to heaven upon death. Unfortunately, these popular, though oversimplified, definitions have given rise to a theology of heaven that is little more than eternal-life insurance. Truly the doctrine of heaven can be a source of hope and assurance, especially when motivation for Christian perseverance is lacking. Yet, for me, such hope has always been as elusive as helpful when I have struggled to find a hope for today… right now in my present earthly reality. Continue reading “Rethinking Salvation”
