We live in a dark world. Darkness is on the move in the world at large, in the people around us, and in our own hearts. Christians are dying abroad and at home while sin wages a constant war on our relationships. All the while, I have a daily wrestling match with the false assumptions that I deserve certain luxuries or that I understand things better than other people or even God. It’s overwhelming when all of this comes together…
In my first blog about the Bible, I talked about how the Bible can be a buzz kill, but I don’t want you to think that reading the Bible is mostly a negative experience. The Bible is one of God’s greatest expressions of love towards us and it can play a vital role in shaping our understanding of that love. The Bible takes our impersonal understanding of God’s love and makes it personal. For the first few years that I…
Sometimes, I have a hard time hearing the real truth or intention of God’s Word. I tend to negatively interpret what God is saying to me and interpret things from Scripture that God never intended to communicate. This is a problem because my negative interpretations disrupt my relationship with God keep me from experiencing His love for me. For example, I do not take it very well when the Bible tells me to be thankful. I don’t disagree with the…