What do you do when you truly love God, want to grow and learn how to be all that God has for you but you struggle with the church? A few years ago if you asked me about this subject I wouldn’t have had much to say. Recently it is alarming how many people I meet or hear about that …
Come let us return to the Lord
Let us return to the Lord! What a powerful statement. It is not just powerful because it’s in the Bible, it’s powerful because people know it’s true. What we need now, and have always needed, is God. Yet it seems that people often have a hard time coming back to God. Why? For some it may feel that they have …
How to silence the accuser
Have you ever had a night where sleep eludes you as you toss and turn worrying about past mistakes? I know I have. It seems like as soon as I let one of those memories of past failures, or even perceived failures, into my mind a flood gate opens, and all of a sudden every mistake I have ever made …
Altar Culture – Redemption part 2
Welcome back. Let’s continue our discussion on redemption. Previously we had talked about the definition of redemption- The action of regaining or gaining possession of something in exchange for payment, or clearing a debt. We had been stuck in our sin. In the old covenant men were required to sacrifice animals for blood was required to cover their sins. However, …
Altar Culture – Redemption part 1
Redemption. What does it really mean? If you look it up in the dictionary you get the following: The action of saving or being saved from sin, error, or evil. To many Christians this is where our understanding of redemption stops. Our debt for sin has been paid and one day we will get to go to heaven. However, if …