Four truths on faith are sometimes overlooked
Author: Barry Newton
Barry has worked with congregations in Texas, California and Brazil. He and his wife Sofia have two sons. He believes we should love God above all and that to honor this principle will shape daily decisions and silence competing values. Furthermore, we ought to love people in those ways we would like to be treated.
Did Paul agree with Luke that saving faith involves baptism?
Paul used faith/believe in the same manner as Luke
Lack of insight (Part 2)
Spiritual lack of insight is more tragic than medical anosognosia.
Lack of insight (Part 1)
The tragedy of anosognosia
An undesirable result
Seeds don’t always produce the desired fruit
God’s lifesaving surgery
Some seem to be unaware God performs a surgery on us.
Forgiving ourselves
We forgive not just others, but also ourselves
Does God care and feel our pain?
Does God suffer with us? Might there be a better question?
Standing in the empty space
God continues to seek people who will serve
Second birth living
Freed from pinball living, 1 Peter outlines living with the new trajectory Jesus empowers.