Have We Idolized Reason?
| Modern Idolatry series | We don’t often find ourselves tempted to bow down to a wooden statue but make no mistake, idolatry is very much alive and well in our culture. Idolatry happens any time that we allow something other than God to take on one of His roles in our life. As I’ve …
Why is Good So Good?
| Modern Idolatry series | More Than Righteousness There are some verses in the Bible that challenge our use of the word “good”. I think we often get confused, thinking that “good” is the same as “righteous”. There are so many verses in the Bible that show us that there’s so much more to the …
Why is Faith the Answer to Sin?
| Modern Idolatry series | Sometimes it feels like the Scripture is full of paradoxes. Two things we know are true, that operate side by side but are hard to reconcile. Among the most fundamental of these is works and faith. We know that we are saved by grace through faith and not by our …
Is the Pill Pro-Life?
| Pro-Life Family Planning guide | Pro-Life Family Planning Intro Understanding Fertility Pro-Life Options for Family Planning Is Hormonal Birth Control Pro-Life? Timing Intercourse to Avoid Conception Birth control works using 3 mechanisms of action: Preventing ovulation (before conception) Hindering sperm reaching egg through in crease in cervical mucus (before conception) Preventing implantation through thinning …
Pro-Life Family Planning Guide
| Pro-Life Family Planning guide | Pro-Life Family Planning Intro (this page) Understanding Fertility Pro-Life Options for Family Planning Is Hormonal Birth Control Pro-Life? Timing Intercourse to Avoid Conception Maybe you’re asking yourself, why are we talking about this? Does God really care about what we do for birth control? Does our faith really matter …
What Does Judging/Helping Look Like?
| Don’t Judge…Help series | What do we do when we see someone struggling with sin? In this series we’ve focused on Matthew 7, where Jesus calls us first to not simply pass judgement on them, to condemn them for violating God’s law. But He didn’t stop at what we were called to NOT do, …
Judgement That’s Loving
| Don’t Judge… Help series | How do we reconcile love with judgment? How do we balance mercy and judgment? Are we even supposed to make judgments? We’ve been in a series exploring Jesus’ instruction in Matthew 7 to “Judge not, that you be not judged.” In exploring this passage, Jesus illustrates this command by …
Don’t Judge… Help!
| Don’t Judge… Help series | As we talk through Jesus’ instruction in Matthew 7 to not judge others, we left off with this verse last week: First take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye. Matthew 7:5 In the …
Don’t Judge.
| Don’t Judge… Help series | One of Jesus’ most famously quoted statements comes from Matthew 7:1 Judge not, that you be not judged. Matthew 7:1 Jesus is telling us to not judge, and we cannot ignore His instruction. So, what does that mean? If we see something sinful, should we refuse to decide, to …
IVF Guide Discussion
| Struggling to Conceive series | We are finally releasing a video for our guide for IVF. Something that can be difficult during that process are all the decisions that need to be made and protecting any lives that are conceived. If you have questions regarding when life begins I’d first check out this post …
How to Stay Engaged in Quiet Times
| Make Room to Be Refreshed | We all want to be consistent in our quiet times! The hard part is getting motivated and staying engaged. The reality is we know our relationship with God is our motivation but why is it that many times we don’t follow through. Forcing ourselves to do it isn’t …
How to Be Motivated for Quiet Time
| Make Room to Be Refreshed series | When He asks us to pray, He isn’t giving us another to-do; He’s inviting us to put it all on Him and just breathe. This week we’ll continue this series from last week on making room to receive God’s invitation. If I can say it simply, God …