Weekly Inspiration: Being Good

Weekly Inspiration: Being Good

Doing the right thing is never the wrong decision, but sometimes ‘being good’ can feel like a burden. Due to our inclination to sin, we are often tempted to think that bad behavior will be more fun, more fulfilling, or less difficult. Those thoughts simply aren’t...
Who Deserves Your Ultimate Allegiance?

Who Deserves Your Ultimate Allegiance?

I recently read a book that I found very compelling and insightful for this moment we are living in. The book is called Cultural Sanctification: Engaging the World Like the Early Church by Stephen Presley. I was captivated by this idea of cultural sanctification. We...
Weekly Inspiration: God Loves You

Weekly Inspiration: God Loves You

You are loved. The eternal, immortal, omnipotent, omniscient, Triune God loves you. This reality should stop us in our tracks and force us to ask some big questions, but maybe none bigger than: What is my response to this love? Do I take God’s love for granted? Does...
The Love of Christ Compels Us

The Love of Christ Compels Us

We have been talking about “No Greater Love,” and now the question is, what is your response to that love? What is your response to God’s unfailing, awesome, never-ending love? In his second letter to the Corinthians, St. Paul says, “For Christ’s love compels...
Weekly Inspiration: Heaven’s Love Language

Weekly Inspiration: Heaven’s Love Language

By giving us an incredible glimpse into his motivation for coming to earth to save us, Jesus reveals that obedience is a love language of heaven: “But I do as the Father has commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father (Jn 14:31). Jesus assents to...