The following is an excerpt from Rachel Held Evans blog...
When it seems like the loudest voices are the ones screaming, "God hates you!"
When it seems like the most popular blogs are the ones that turn grace into a doctrine and the gospel into a coalition,
At the heart of Christianity is the doctrine of the mystical union of the believer with Christ. The New Testament does not only call us to believe in Christ, but to believe into Christ. Faith links us directly into Christ. We become in Him and He in us. This mysterious union is carried over into the relationship between Christ and the church. The church is His bride, whom He has brought into a real, profound, and powerful union.
Read more: Defining Our Relationship: The Trinity, The Church, Ourselves
Something light to read during the day... an interesting perspective on the church and its leaders.The church in America is led by scholars. Essentially, the church is a robust school system created around a framework of lectures and discussions and study.
Read more: Blog of note: Donald Miller on the church and its leaders
MESSAGE OF MOTHER TERESA OF CALCUTTA TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT, CAIRO, SEPTEMBER 5 - 13, 1994
I speak today to you from my heart -- to each person in all the nations of the world, to people with power to make big decisions as well as to all mothers, fathers and children in the cities, towns and villages.
Read more: To See and Love God in each Person: Mother Teresa of Calcutta
Who Has the Majority?
Jesus Christ is the Alpha and the Omega of my spiritual nourishment.
Read More
O Lord, you have searched me and known me. You know when I sit down and when I rise up;…
Read More
Eugene Peterson’s book, Eat This Book gets its name from Revelation 10:9-10 when John asks for the scroll containing God’s…
Read More
This Christian apologetics written by C. S. Lewis and first published in 1942. Lewis composed a book of letters from…
Read More
I have climbed highest mountains
I have run through the fieldsOnly to be with youOnly to be with you
Read More
What a song! by Jon Foreman. This is a moving reworking of the Lord’s Prayer. Jon Foreman performs this song…
Read More
Is this enough proof?
Read More
Walter Brueggeman gave a remarkable sermon at Duke Chapel on April 5, 2009 in which he discussed the importance of…
Read More
Who is like Him The Lion and the Lamb Seated on the throne Mountains bow down Every ocean roars To the Lord of hosts
Read More
You probably know Paul Washer as the man who preached the infamous "Shocking Youth Message," a sermon that has tallied…
Read More
Look inside the mysterySee the empty crossSee the risen SaviorVictorious and strong
Read More
How do we pray? What should we pray for? Yes, there is the Lord's prayer--Jesus teaching his disciples, and us,…
Read More
Tim Keller discusses the significance of the women and men who saw Jesus die, buried, and resurrected.
Read More
NT Wright discusses the importance of prayer in maintaining a relationship with Jesus.
Read More
Michael Reeves discusses the transformative power of bringing Jesus to the world at the heart of the Reformation.
Read More
The following is an excerpt from an article on The Gospel Coalition website.
Read More
