Tag: spiritual growth

Christian Nationalism – a Biblical Response

What is the Christian Response to Christian Nationalism? The answer is a bit complicated because language is complicated. The 1913 Webster’s dictionary doesn’t even have the word nationalism in it. But “nationalist” is there, and it describes “One who advocates national unity and independence.” Of course unity is a good thing, what about “independence?” In …

The Books You Read and the People You Meet?

              I was fortunate to hear a speaker more than two-decades ago tell of his unusual meeting with a motivational speaker named Charlie “Tremendous” Jones. Apparently to Charlie everything was tremendous, he had a huge heart and took great joy in telling everyone he met how he loved them. This guy who met him, …

Do You Know Jesus? Or Do You Just Know About Jesus? Part II

In Part I, we talked about the difference knowing about versus really knowing Jesus, and noticed that in John 15 Jesus tells us that unless we abide in him and he in us that we can do nothing! In this post, let’s answer the practical question of how to dwell in Christ, and to have him dwell in us? Well, …