Gospel Re-Formed

No matter what spy-based series you watch, there is always one episode where someone is being tortured. There is also a moment in the scene where the hero or villain states that everyone has a breaking point, the line for the individual that, if crossed, will break the individual (ie spilling their guts). I was wondering when the breaking point would be before protesting starts. I guess it was last week. Do I understand? Sure. I mean, the show must go on. People cannot live like this forever. We even seem to be going down in cases. But do I agree that it should be now? Maybe I am biased. Things change when someone you care about is high risk, my wife being one of them. As people scream that they want the right to go back to work, my thought is about keeping my wife safe. I am not alone. There are many with high risk family members that are concerned about the virus and the effect it has on family members and the more we stay at home, the faster this is over. Perhaps it is selfish t...

I have spent the last few weeks pondering about my testimony for our small group, how I came to be who I am before and after Christ. It is good to visit your journey at least once every few years. This is not just to remind us where God has brought you, which is important, but it also gives you an overarching view of where God is taking you now. How far has God transformed your life to become more like Christ? Pondering this encourages us in our walk, and sometimes corrects us to better see where we fall short. Someone, who will remain nameless, once told me when I began my Christian walk that eventually that fire that you have for God will die down, in other words I will start to become less passionate in my faith. I am ashamed to say that this has become true in some areas of my life. I say “ashamed” not because I feel guilt that I should have done better or tried harder, but because I know that Christ desires for us to be more like Him and I am missing out from that opportunity. ...