I Want To Believe, But...
Believing in God isn’t always easy. Maybe you feel like God never answers you, or you struggle to believe because when you read the Bible, it just seems to be filled with violence and hate. Maybe all the Christians you’ve met are hypocrites. This series will explore the reasons you may struggle to
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March 15, 2020 • Scott Scruggs
No matter where on the political spectrum you find yourself, talking about politics can be uncomfortable. Especially the intersection of politics and faith. Unfortunately, many Christians on both sides of the political aisle tend to believe that God is on their side and that the other side is morally corrupt. We let our political loyalties impact not just how we vote, but our faith and how we treat other people as well. While politics should never be where our primary loyalties lie, politics still matter to God because people matter to God. However, at the end of the day, what’s important is that our political differences make us better, rather than turn us against each other.
Christians Are Too Political
March 15, 2020 • Scott Scruggs
No matter where on the political spectrum you find yourself, talking about politics can be uncomfortable. Especially the intersection of politics and faith. Unfortunately, many Christians on both sides of the political aisle tend to believe that God is on their side and that the other side is morally corrupt. We let our political loyalties impact not just how we vote, but our faith and how we treat other people as well. While politics should never be where our primary loyalties lie, politics still matter to God because people matter to God. However, at the end of the day, what’s important is that our political differences make us better, rather than turn us against each other.
I Have Too Many Doubts
March 8, 2020 • Scott Scruggs
We are living in a time when fear is on the rise, which means doubts are on the rise as well. To make matters worse, many of us carry around the idea that our faith is just supposed to eliminate or override our doubts. This leads many of us to believe there is something wrong with us because we just can’t escape our doubts. Rather, we must learn to live with doubt in faith. This can be done through not running from doubts, bringing them into the light by telling others about them and taking steps of faith and courage that directly contradict your doubt and fear.
The Bible Is Filled With Violence and Hate
March 1, 2020 • Scott Dudley
How can a good God allow violence? It’s one of the most difficult questions of faith. It’s hard to make sense of stories in scripture where God allows violence and destruction. The truth is that God is a warrior against sin and the pain that it causes. There are far more passages about God’s love and mercy than His wrath. The instances where God commands war are rare, and they were always to stop a greater injustice. Even in the midst of war, God also provides a way out for those who will turn to Him. Through the person of Jesus, God has absorbed all our violence, death and sin. The Lord your God is in your midst a victorious warrior, He is mighty to save.
God Never Answers Me
February 23, 2020 • Jonathan Wolfgang
Whether we’re praying for someone to grow old with or for a loved one who’s dying to be healed, feeling like your prayers never get answered is so hard. Why is it that God says yes to some prayers, no to others, and sometimes we just can’t seem to hear an answer from God at all? Maybe there’s a broken relationship in your life, maybe you just stopped believing that God really will answer your prayer, or maybe God actually has something better in mind. There’s no simple reason why prayers sometimes don’t get answered, but we do know one prayer God always says yes to. Whoever calls on God’s name will find salvation, freedom and love.