Category Archives: Christian Living

Prac­ti­cal dis­cus­sions on how Jesus impacts our indi­vid­ual and com­mu­nal lives. The empha­sis is on being an authen­tic rep­re­sen­ta­tion of Christ in world where nom­i­nal Chris­tian­ity have greatly devi­ated from the orig­i­nal val­ues and teach­ings of Jesus and his church.

Suffering as a Christian — Part 3

The final part of a three part series look­ing how Chris­tians are called to suf­fer on behalf of Jesus Christ. The final part to this series con­sid­ers what daily cross-carrying can mean. In con­clu­sion it exam­ines the impor­tant rea­sons we are called to suf­fer as Christians.

Suffering as a Christian — Part 2

The sec­ond part of a series on Chris­t­ian suf­fer­ing chal­lenges the reader to exam­ine their will­ing­ness to drink the cup of Christ, bear­ing wit­ness through open revile­ment, slan­der, per­se­cu­tion, even death.

Suffering as a Christian — Part 1

Gen­eral suf­fer­ing is a part of the human expe­ri­ence and some­thing we all have to deal with, includ­ing New Cre­ations in Christ. As Chris­tians we are not promised a trouble-free life. Even more, Jesus says that fol­low­ing him will invite addi­tional tribu­la­tion above and beyond that expe­ri­enced of the world. As he puts

Give Freely

Before I begin this, per­haps a word of warn­ing is in order. I’m about to ask ques­tions regard­ing prac­tices within the Chris­t­ian land­scape that may be a lit­tle touchy depend­ing on the reader. Par­tic­u­larly I would like to look at some ways that worldly com­mer­cial­ism had crept into the Church and the man­ner that the