Category Archives: Christianity

The life-giving power of God’s Spirit

We cannot fully appreciate what it means to “walk according to the Spirit” without an adequate understanding of the contrast of “walking according to the flesh.” Continue reading

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Christlikeness

Christlikeness can be viewed as God’s design, our duty, and ultimately our destiny. Continue reading

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Transformation of desires

Spiritual transformation happens in a new set of desires. Consider five of these desires… Continue reading

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Take him and judge him by your own law

When Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, Pilate said to them, “Here is the man!” As if to say, “Look, he is no threat to anyone.” Blood running down his face, swollen from the fists that repeatedly pummeled him, Pilate presents Jesus as a pathetic harmless man. Continue reading

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A strange and glorious transformation

Something exceptional happened when they hung Jesus on a cross. Continue reading

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Five truths about Jesus

Jesus is not an option to be considered. Humanity is obligated by God himself to respond to Jesus. Continue reading

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Nature’s wonders follow the plow

Are you safe and undisturbed, living lazily in the sunshine – the picture of sleepy contentment? Continue reading

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8 Identity Markers

Who am I? Why am I here? What should I do? Who do I serve? How should I live? Continue reading

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Life is often a winding and troubled road

The point of many biblical stories is to help us feel in our bones (not just know in our heads) that God is for us in strange turns of life. Continue reading

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All we need and more

So many titles for Jesus! Print the list and take one title each day to mediate on. Continue reading

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