True Love

As a young adult who grew up in the middle of the digital boom, I often feel the weight or pressure of appearing like I’m present and not like I care more about what’s on the screen in front of me than what’s beyond it. I’m sure this is a...

Just Know Jesus

We don’t like being kept in the dark. We also don’t like our futures being in someone else’s hands. But, as we learn in John 14, Jesus left his disciples in order to prepare a place for them, even though the disciples don’t know the details...

Missing the True Father

Sometimes in nature, though rarely, a young animal will lose its parent and, miraculously, another animal will raise that young as its own. To relate, God is the foundation of our faith. It is by and through him that we have life, and no one can come to the father...

Newness in Christ

I received salvation at the young age of 9, and it wasn’t until the final years of high school that I even began to grasp the complete restoration and resurrection that those in Christ undergo. So passages like 2 Corinthians 5:17–19 didn’t always...

Breaking the Cycle

It’s been said that the definition of insanity is repeating the same behaviors and expecting a different outcome. Whoever first said this must’ve studied the Hebrew people extensively. In Nehemiah, we’ve followed the physical rebuilding of Jerusalem...

2016 Wasn’t So Bad

If you took a breath this year, you might’ve noticed a seemingly inordinate amount of people took time to complain about how bad 2016 seemed to be. It’s easy to fall into the trap of agreeing with this statement. Maybe your guy wasn’t elected as...