How to Pray Humbly Yet Persistently to “Change God’s Mind”

The common Christian understanding of God is that he is unchanging in nature, immutable. Omniscient, so his plans can have no flaws. He even states that he is not like a man in that he should change his mind; however, the Bible also contains several examples of God seemingly changing his mind based on human …

The Beautiful Irony of the Cross

Isn't it just beautifully ironic that The One True King (Jesus) died for those who rebelled against him, (Us) unjustly put to death on the charge of being a "Rebel against the One True King?" (Caesar, who let's not forget, claimed to be God). Perhaps that's why the Roman soldiers mocked Jesus as inhumanely as …

Testimony Tract – An Unshakeable Hope

What made you Lord, to die for me? Why would you die for me, your enemy? You took my place to hang on a tree To be a curse, MY curse for me. You loved me, Lord, so very long. And with a love enduring and strong Although I mocked and cursed you so long …

Good Samaritan? How this Story Illustrates the Gospel

Introduce yourself Introduce the topic When asked about who and how we should love, Jesus tells a story of radical love - how a Samaritan goes out of his way to show love to a Jew, his cultural enemy. Before we get into the story, though, we have to understand what makes this story significant …

Truth is Controversial. So was Jesus.

There will be those who will tell us that it's arrogant to say that our worldview is right, and someone else's is wrong. That we're claiming to have a monopoly on the truth. History is written by the victors, isn't it? That might be your truth, but it's not my truth. Is truth even knowable? …

Good News! – What is the Story of the Gospel?

Hi, I just wanted to provide you guys with the most basic form of the gospel, told in a story format. I hope this proves to be a great evangelism tool (People love stories!) as well as provide some closure on the central storyline of the Bible. This is just a bare bones, dry skeleton …

What Daniel can teach us about Humility, Respect, and Being too exhausted for God

Hey if anybody’s down to do a little extra reading and Bible study, I highly recommend the book of Daniel! I'm here to give a brief synopsis and a little bit of context to flesh it out, but I highly recommend going to read it right after! Daniel is one of my favorite OT prophets …

God’s Radical Love (Even For His Enemies)

Hi, okay! Time to start another topic that I've been looking forward to getting into for a little bit! I have a couple things to share about the miraculousness of God's radical love, so stick around for a bit. This post should be a 10 minute read. Okay, let's start with our first aspect and …