A word for anyone carrying grief that theology made heavier instead of lighter. I saw something online this week that stopped my scrolling. Someone had written something that was bold and confident and sure of itself. They declared that anyone whose final act on Earth was taking their own life has “no hope for salvation.”…
Christ didn’t come to give you a lighter set of chains. He came to break the whole system.
The question is fair: how do we know the Bible hasn’t been changed? The answer might surprise you. The evidence isn’t thin — it’s overwhelming.
If you’ve ever felt like you needed to get yourself together before you could really come to God — like He’s been keeping score — this is for you.
A poem for Easter… on what the ground felt when its Maker rose.
Romans 8:30 raises a question: how can glorification be past tense when we’re clearly not glorified yet? Paul isn’t giving us a timeline — he’s giving us assurance that God’s saving work will not fail.
The armor of God in Ephesians 6 isn’t a checklist of spiritual gear—it’s a picture of Christ Himself applied to daily life. Because believers are united with Jesus, His truth, righteousness, peace, and victory become their own. The armor isn’t something we manufacture through effort; it’s something we receive through union with Him.
The long night held the trembling world,its grip misunderstood;but dawn broke open like a swordas the Victor stood. The dragon hissed his final threat,sure he never would be subdued;his boasting choked upon the airas the Victor stood. The grave that swallowed saints for agesbraced itself as best it could;its stone door shivered, cracked, and fellas…
Paul’s vision for the church in Colossians 3 is more than togetherness. It’s a community where Christ’s peace acts as referee, gratitude shapes the culture, and the gospel makes unity possible.
Paul calls believers to “walk worthy” of their calling, not by earning God’s love, but by living out the unity the Spirit has already given us through seven unshakeable realities that hold the church together.