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In the "Sermon on the Mount", we see the Lord Jesus' preaching to His disciples of the life and culture of the kingdom of heaven. Where the holy God reigns and rules over His people, people have repented of their old way of life and turned to a new way of living. How then can we be perfectly righteous?
Google “deconversion” and a whole bunch of people’s accounts of leaving Christianity will appear. One high profile former Christian leader, now “deconverted”, reads “I don’t view this moment negatively. I feel very much alive, and awake, and surprisingly hopeful.” These testimonies of faith, doubt, decision and clarity invert what we know to be the traditional testimony of conversion where someone publicly bears witness to faith in Jesus Christ: sin and doubt, decision (repentance and faith), faith and clarity. A string of high-profile examples can be found coinciding with the Trump era as a strong erosion of confidence in the Gospel’s power and the straightforwardness of the Christian life has taken hold. As one article observes, the power of this new wave of stories is not “the actual arguments themselves…[that are] so persuasive. It’s the people behind the arguments.”
This is a question that is commonly asked and sometimes seem too big to handle. It can seem intimidating and daunting. But if you’re looking to start to understand this topic, and to also answer questions that those around you might have, here are some helpful resources:
This past week, the church celebrated the life of J.I Packer, who was called home to be with the Lord and left behind a body of work that blessed the church with his writings.
Among all the books and publications that he leaves behind, we’d like to recommend the following!
In dealing with the Spirit, it may seem like something that different churches have different views, even in the local context. But, from John 14-17, we see some clear truths that we can use to anchor our thoughts and views:
In this second post in our "Knowing God" series, we'll take a look God's merciful and just nature. Can both of these traits exist in the same Person? God Himself revealed these qualities about Himself!
Who or what is God? What does it mean to know God? These are some of the questions that Christians (and even non-Christians have) and we can turn to different sources for our answers. But what does God say about Himself? In this first post of the seven-part series, we will consider what it means that we have a God who wants a relationship with His people.
