Posts with the category “the-cross”

Jesus wasn’t just a spiritual being. He was human. He felt human emotion, dealt with human pain, and he had to endure human betrayal.  Read More

How many times do we see things being done by good people that are blatantly wrong and do nothing? How often do we just shrug our shoulders and pretend like nothing is wrong? It doesn’t seem like that’s how Jesus handled things.  Read More

A Christian today views the cross as this beautiful illustration of God’s love and grace. It’s a symbol of our salvation and represents God’s power over sin and death. A 1st-century Jew sees a symbol of death, a device used to punish those who were not Roman. For Jesus to tell someone to take up their cross and follow Him means different things when looked at in different contexts.  Read More

Christianity is the only religion where our God came to earth as a human being, not an avatar or representation of Himself, but actually as a separate person. He experienced what we experienced. He felt the temptations we felt. He dealt with the loss of loved ones. He suffered great pain, and he felt what it was like to be betrayed. When you think about it, Jesus probably dealt with more pain in His life than any of us ever will.   Read More

As Christians, we aren’t running a sprint. We’re running a marathon. It’s the long game, and the best part is that we KNOW we win!  Read More

Hope is one of the greatest tools of the Christian. It is with hope that we continue on in hard times. It is with hope that we realize this world is not our home.  Read More

God loves His creation so much that even the sacrifice of His own Son wasn’t off the table when it came to redemption. We are the fortunate recipients of a gift we’ve never earned or deserved.  Read More

God’s grace is more accessible than we can possibly understand, but we need to understand that it is very, very real. God chose to give it to us even though we don’t deserve it.  Read More

God has prepared a place for us, and we NEED to accept the invitation. He wants His house full, but he wants it full of people who want to be there.  Read More

Our redemption is not a short story. It’s not a quick read, a YouTube short, or a TikTok. It is a layered story that took generations and millennia to happen. Along the way, there have been challenges, battles, and death. There have also been numerous victories, but understand that our redemption has come at a price.  Read More

Sometimes, we get so caught up in the idea of a “free gift” that we miss the fact that our redemption calls us to action. We aren’t to sit on our hands and just revel in our salvation. Once we have been redeemed, we are then called. That’s the beauty of the cross. The cross doesn’t just give us eternal hope; it gives us purpose.  Read More