The foundations of the Christian faith is another term for theology, really. They are the basics that determine our faith and what makes it Christian as opposed to some other religion. It is crucial that you know and understand the foundations of the Christian faith so that you may be a greater light in the world around you when the trend is to blur lines and live in grey areas. Truthfully, you will be blessed as you seek the Lord on the these fundamental issues.
As the Lord leads, I will be posting from time to time on topics that would be considered foundational. Topics like grace, sin, heaven, Jesus, and salvation, among others will be discussed here. Lord-willing they will help you as you seek to know God more deeply.
Before there was religion, there was relationship with God. God recently brought that concept to mind as I have been thinking through life as I process what I have been through in the past few years. I’ve noticed my legalistic background with lots of “thou shalt” and “thou shalt nots” had a deep effect on […]
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Are you feeling far away from God? Has life brought you to a dark valley? Trials and hard times in our lives can tempt us to question God’s goodness and even distance ourselves from Him. With so much emphasis on God’s love and prosperity in mainstream Christianity, it’s easy to become discouraged by the trials
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As we have been discovering, the consecrated life is a life set apart for the Lord. The Christian begins to desire to live a life consecrated to the Lord as he or she matures in their faith. The Lord ultimately brings about that desire through the trials that usher in the maturity of the believer.
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Have you given any thought to the cost of consecration? Have you considered what it even means to live a life consecrated to the Lord? Most people can fall in love with the idea of putting God first and living for Him. There is an idyllic rose-colored-glasses version of living a life sold out to
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Life happens while you’re making plans. Sound familiar? At the moment life here has felt like a fireworks show except all the fireworks are going everywhere besides up where they belong! But I’m choosing to believe God has all this wrapped up in His trustworthy plan. Sometimes life is an exercise in faith that takes
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Fear actually serves a holy purpose in the life of a Christian. In its rightful place, this fear can be a motivator to leave the world and its ways behind to live a life pleasing to God.
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Have you ever had a situation arise or walk through a season that threatened to derail your faith? Me too. It doesn’t seem to matter how long we’ve been walking with the Lord, there are those times or things that shake our faith to its core. As a new believer, the trials that come our
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Have you ever considered yourself a wayfaring stranger? For social beings, that can be tough as it is a deep human need to have a place to belong. It doesn’t mean that we won’t have a place or family here on earth but in general, we likely won’t feel at home in the secular world.
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Are you feeling like a stranger in your life right now amid this Coronavirus and the social distancing? We are all adjusting to a new normal for the unforeseen future. It’s unnerving, really. We don’t know when all this will end or what parts of the past will still be in place and what parts
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Grace is a word I have long not understood or just couldn’t wrap my brain around. And in some ways I think maybe I’ll always have something to to learn and understand. Maybe we never fully grasp grace but understand it more and more deeply as we walk through life and grow in Christ. I’m
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