You Can Follow Jesus Without a Church. You Just Won’t Do It Well.
Church attendance doesn’t save you. But you weren’t built to follow Jesus alone either. What one sentence from my ten-year-old daughter taught me about why we need each other.
Church attendance doesn’t save you. But you weren’t built to follow Jesus alone either. What one sentence from my ten-year-old daughter taught me about why we need each other.
Bitterness rarely begins as bitterness. It starts with hurt, anger, betrayal or injustice and slowly tightens its grip. Using Scripture and the imagery of Tourniquet’s “Enveloped in Python,” this article explores the danger of allowing bitterness to take root, and why we must refuse to let it control us.
I thought losing my ministry meant God was finished using me. Instead, He began opening doors I never expected and teaching me that a position and a calling are not the same thing.
I’ve spent the last while getting stronger in my health, marriage, and faith. But maybe getting stronger was never supposed to be the finish line. Jesus didn’t stay on the mountain, and I’m realizing I’m not supposed to either.
I’ve been a Christian for years, and I still have moments when my first reaction isn’t grace. Here’s what one bad weekend taught me about the fight that doesn’t end at salvation.
When trouble comes, our first reaction often reveals where our hearts instinctively run. This honest reflection explores worry, prayer, family struggles, and learning to trust God during the ten seconds before our old reactions take control.
Repentance is often misunderstood as guilt or punishment, but Scripture reveals it as one of God’s greatest gifts. Learn how repentance restores joy, renews fellowship with God, and transforms our hearts through His grace.
What happens when you’ve prayed, waited, sought counsel, and done everything you know to save your marriage, but nothing changes? This is the story of ending my 40-day stand, releasing what I cannot restore, and entrusting the future to God.
Some of my closest friends ended up on the back burner — not because of anything they did, but because I needed to change. This is the honest, uncomfortable side of growing closer to God: it can cost you relationships you never wanted to lose.
What happens when a Christian honestly admits they wanted to give up, give in, and indulge the flesh? This candid testimony explores the daily battle between the flesh and the Spirit, the transforming power of God’s grace, and the hope found at the foot of the cross.