It’s a presidential election year in my country so the candidates and the news outlets that support them are ramping up the rhetoric about how bad things are and how much worse they will get if the wrong candidate is put in office. Just listening to the “news” can cause anxiety. Even as I write […]

What I heard in this phrase this morning is: Now is the day to repent of failure and begin again. Now is the day to be transformed (Romans 12:2). Now is the day to continue the process of being redeemed from the effects of sin.

But, Jesus is the one who promised to build his church, and if we move away from the message he has given us to proclaim, then we have usurped his authority and gone rogue.

In my previous post, I commented on internal fears that can influence how we approach life. I am becoming increasingly aware of the influence of fear in my own life. As I contemplated this issue, I was reminded of these verses: “There is no fear in love; instead, perfect love drives out fear, because fear […]