Have you ever longed for the day when you'd finally be considered an adult? As children, we often dream of the freedoms that come with growing up - driving a car, moving out on our own, or getting married. But with adulthood also comes responsibilities we hadn't anticipated.This journey from childhood to adulthood serves as a powerful metaphor for our spiritual lives. Just as cultures throughout h...

Understanding Our Freedom in ChristIn our journey of faith, we often grapple with the relationship between God's law and His promise of grace. How do these two seemingly opposing concepts work together in our spiritual lives? This question has puzzled believers for centuries, and it's one that deserves our careful consideration.At the heart of this matter lies a profound truth: God's law was never...

Our question as it reads is, what are all the names of God?  Why are there so many different names for God?  Why do most of our new translations not keep the different names?  A worthy question, and one that will take more than one post to answer.  Before we dive into the vast array of names and the perceived absence of them from modern translations, it will be helpful to establish the biblical im...

Through Abraham we see that we have generational blessings, but we are also given examples of generational curses throughout the Bible.  As men, what do we do with this information?  How do we break the curses and create the blessings?    We don’t think much about generational anything as moderns, let alone blessings and curses.  But in antiquity, and particularly in Biblical history, blessings an...

In death, do we go to be with Jesus immediately?This is a fitting question the week after Easter and our resurrection celebrations.  Death is the great unknown.  There are so many different philosophical opinions and religious beliefs about what happens.  It can be confusing.  Not to mention the fact that the Scripture does not approach death scientifically, but historically.  It speaks of it in t...