“Hence we must support one another, console one another, mutually help, counsel, and advise, for the measure of every man’s virtue is best revealed in time of adversity.” Thomas a’Kempis
Real faith is coming to the place of actually trusting that if we make Jesus’ interest our chief concern, he will make our interest his chief concern.
Discipleship is all about growing in our capacity to perceive and embrace his very real, yet unseen, presence with us right now.
Faith is a fundamental core conviction not in the possibilities of Jesus but in the person of Jesus himself.
There’s a way of keeping up the form of religion while denying its very power. One of those ways is by fasting legalistically instead of relationally.
Jesus is the true Temple of God, and as such serves as the Doctor of Mercy who would himself become the sacrifice to bring about our healing.
June 5, 2016 A reminder to readers: We’re in the thick of a Sunday Voice Series by Dr. Timothy C. Tennent, a close friend, mentor and colleague of mine. He serves as the President of
JUNE 4, 2016 Philippians 2:3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves. Quote of the Week “If you wish to learn and appreciate something worth while,
We want to think if we do the right things we—and our children—will somehow be immune from suffering and tragedy. It’s not true.
Jesus comes bringing the Kingdom of Heaven and in his wake we see the signs of the new creation—lepers cleansed and restored to community, dead raised, demons exorcised, sickness cured, storms stilled.
The Bible tells us that the same Jesus who was asleep in the boat on the Sea of Galilee is nearer to us now than our very own breath.
Commitment is about activity. Consecration is about identity. Activity is not a bad thing. It’s just not the measure of things when it comes to following Jesus.
