One thing I know for certain is that just as God has freed you from the penalty and power of sin through Jesus’ death and resurrection, one day he will free you from the presence of sin at Jesus’s triumphal return!

Discipleship isn’t cultivated within “likes” on social media. It is cultivated through life together, empowered by the Spirit, one ordinary day at a time. 

God’s holiness is not weak; it is consuming. It is transforming. If we are holy as he is holy, we will do more than separate ourselves from sin; we will become conduits for his transforming holiness.

If poverty is not too low for our Lord, how can it be too low for his people?

In the end, the true legacy of Saint Patrick is not the banishment of serpents, the shamrock, or even a green river. It is the testimony of a man who believed that God could use a reluctant, unpolished, once-enslaved believer to bear witness among a people who had once enslaved him.

Our sin and uncertainty, our self-reliance and self-worship, are all reminders that God is still carrying on the good work within us that he started, a good work that he has promised to finish.

Praying for someone to “grow big and strong” in Christ is praying rich, biblical truth over their life. It is praying for God to work deeply, gently, firmly, and faithfully in them.

The goal of the Christian life is not to be remarkable but to make Christ remarkable.

We can pursue the glory of God in the way we eat and find true freedom in the discipline of choosing good food most of the time.

Hope has a name. His name is Jesus…so let us each take the next step to offer Who we have.

Tim Shorey, one of our staff writers, is journaling through his struggle with stage 4 cancer. In this entry, God is always doing more than we can perceive from the outside.

If we want to form disciples, we must learn to speak like our Father—words that create life, build belonging, and breathe grace.