Faith is the fruit of divine revelation wherein the Holy Spirit works in the human heart to convince one of a reality that could not otherwise be wholeheartedly embraced.
With the resurrection, comes the power of the Holy Spirit to not only cleanse us from guilt and heal us from shame, but to supernaturally empower us to overcome sin, which has lost its power.
God meets us on the day after our faith dies, as we are on our way to the tomb to do what has to be done—because life goes on.
There are likely thousands upon thousands of Joseph of Arimatheas among us. They believe, but they keep it secret.
Our commission is to be filled with his Spirit that we might represent his presence in the world—especially to the low places.
The cross stands as the divine turning point from darkness to light and from death to life.
Being humbled doesn’t always translate into humility. Humility is an obedient response to hardship.
What if every chance we have to carry the cross and bear the burden of one of the least and the last and the lost in this world we are actually carrying the cross of Jesus?
Jesus took the most horrific sign of guilt and shame and transformed it into the most beautiful sign of forgiveness and honor.
The gospel of Jesus Christ is how the gravest injustice in history of the world became the most gracious invitation for all eternity to come.
We Christians should live in the constancy of a higher court, entrusting ourselves to God instead of constantly serving as our own lawyer.
Honesty in discipleship leads to disorientation, through brokenness, and onward to surrender and restoration.
