Posts Tagged ‘sanctification & growth’
The Struggle for a Greater Experience of God
Why Don’t I Feel God? I don’t know about you, but one of my deepest desires is to experience God – to be filled with joy when praying, reading His Word, and following Him in the daily grind. If you share this with me (or something like this), then you’ve undoubtedly felt the lack…
Read MoreEp. 107: How to have Hope in a Cynical Age (with Dr. Jason Duesing)
Myriads of people live without or in denial of hope every day – including Christians. Christians may give lip service to their “hope” in Jesus and the gospel, but can easily reject that hope from entering their hearts. The issue is that we’re living in a cynical age. An age where negativity and excessive sarcasm abounds – resulting in a kind of stoicism. But, is there hope? Dr. Jason Duesing believes so. There’s a great hope to be found (or rediscovered) – a hope that’s worth losing everything for.
Read MorePursuing God When You Don’t Want To
The Pursuit of God Let’s face the reality: we don’t consistently pursue God. We can define pursuing God as consciously thinking, speaking, and acting in such a way that demonstrates our love for God and others. So, the only time when we’ll be able to pursue God this way consistently will be in heaven.…
Read MoreWhere’s the Fear of God?
We Need the Fear of God “…the LORD takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love.” (Psalm 147:11) The idea and reality of the fear of God isn’t talked about a lot in today’s church. When it is, it’s usually followed by, “Not the scary kind of fear,…
Read MoreEp. 088: Godly Productivity with Tim Challies
September is a mini January. We start college, university, new jobs, new programs – just lot’s of new things! Even if they aren’t necessarily new, most organizations understand September to be a new and fresh time to unveil opportunities, etc. What’s so crucial as we begin things anew, is doing things productively. And not just productively, but productive in a Christian perspective. To help us see this and apply this we have popular blogger and author Tim Challies joining us this week. A few years ago now he wrote a book called Do More Better: A Practical Guide to Productivity. Even though it sounds like it could be a secular self-help book, Tim grounds productivity in biblical truth. You’ll benefit practically by listening to this conversation.
Read MoreYou’re Not Going to Mature Overnight
The Epidemic of Impatience For many Christians, they want their spiritual growth like their food: fast and good quality. Our culture has brought up Millennials (including myself) to want and expect things fast. Not just fast, but of good quality too. When a new app comes out, a new Netflix series, a new Facebook…
Read MoreThe Uncomfortable Gift of Mercy
Gifts that Hurt Have you ever received a gift that hurt? Maybe you’ve received a diet plan, a gym membership, or breath mints. Usually when we open gifts we’re hoping that they’re things we want, not necessarily what we need. When someone does gift us with something we need, our natural response is one…
Read MoreEp. 050: Living Off-Centre
Powered by RedCircle Mark Koop, Executive Director of Greater Vancouver’s Youth Unlimited, joins us on the podcast this week to help us understand what it means to live as “off-centred” Christians. Also, how can we, as Christians, live “incarnate” lives? What does it mean to live like Jesus when it comes to relating to others?
Read MoreJames, Faith and Works
Knowledge and Practice of the Word There is no greater balance within the Christian faith than knowledge of the Word and practice of the Word. An important verse in James, along with the entire New Testament, is James 1:22 when James writes, “But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.” …
Read MoreFaith, Love & Hope
Multiple times in the New Testament we read of faith, hope, and love in the same thought (1 Corinthians 13:13, 1 Thessalonians 1:3, 5:8-9, 2 Thessalonians 1:3-4, Jude 22-21). Why is this? Because faith, hope, and love play an essential role in the life of the believer. [Now, just as a reminder, you can only…
Read MoreCrucified and Alive
A few of the most profound truths of being a Christian are found in what Paul writes to the Galatian Church: “I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the…
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