In Western culture, we like to see ourselves as rugged individuals forging our own way through life. We desperately grasp for complete freedom and self-determination, not realizing that we do so at the expense of our own humanity. Jesus came to show us the way to be truly human, but this wasn't a life free from submission. That is impossible for us. We all submit to and are enslaved by something. Jesus, however, paradoxically promised true freedom through submission. He promises us liberation by constraining us in love. - Joshua D. Chatraw, Telling a Better Story
Judgement & Deliverance - Dr. Cyndi Parker | 10.8.23
Listening to God's voice in scripture doesn't put us in the position of having infallible opinions. It puts us where it put Jesus himself: in possession of a vocation, whether for a lifetime or for the next minute. Vocations are fragile, and are tested in performance. That's what it's like to live at the intersection of heaven and earth. - N.T. Wright, Simply Christian
The Promise of God - Rev. Chris Currie | 10.1.23
God is committed to our transformation. He is not in the business of simply improving our lives; he wants to infuse them with his life. Every day, he moves toward us in love, reaching, seeking, and pleading with us to pay attention. - Rich Villodas, The Deeply Formed Life