10 Quotes from “Prayer” by John Onwuchekwa
I felt I needed more insight into how prayer shapes the church. Prayer delivered great insight and engaging personal stories that made the material encouraging yet practical.
Faith When You Feel Forgotten
Jesus takes the total abandonment of God in a way that is beyond human comprehension so that we can experience a love that is beyond human comprehension.
The Power of Community in Decision Making
We have to revisit the way that we go about hearing from God. One of the great blessings God provides in this life is community, but in my experience, I’ve seen that it’s been one of the most neglected of all of God’s gifts when it comes to decision making.
Know Thy God
In our life, there will be suffering. There will be injustice. There will be pain. Our life is fundamentally seasonal at its core. There are times when the sun is shining in our world, and there are times when it’s so foggy, cold and nasty that we believe that’s indicative of who God is. But how does Habakkuk change? How does he go from staring suffering in the face to having a song on his lips? He knows his God.
Faith in a Good and Just God
If someone you knew was unjustly arrested, how would you feel? If someone you know was prosecuted for a crime that they didn’t commit, how would you respond? If a child in your family was secretly taken advantage of, what would you do? I can answer for you. You’d do something. You’d want justice.
Where Are You, God?
Doubt is something that we consider to be the extinguisher of faith, but it doesn’t have to be. It can be the very thing that enhances it. So why does doubt scare us? It scares us because we see it as being a paved pathway to full-out disbelief, but it doesn’t have to be. It’s actually the best pathway to honest dialogue.
He Is Worthy
Lord Jesus, we thank you that you purchased us with your blood. Help us to be those who remember that because you are the lamb who was slain for all of our wrongs that you deserve all of our worship. In Christ’s name. Amen.
Urban Apologetics by Christopher Brooks
Urban Apologetics by Christopher Brooks gives us a framework for how believers are to engage culture without suppressing convictions in the urban context.
How Gentrification Affected My Zip Code
Gentrification doesn’t happen overnight. It happens over the span of several decades of careful planning. The root of it is capitalism or what the Bible describes as the love of money, where the poor are viewed as a burden on the city’s ability to thrive and are therefore intentionally displaced.
Confessing to a Compassionate God
Father, we are those that can be bold in sinning but shy in confessing. Help us to remember that you are more gracious than we are grimy, more merciful than we are messy and more compassionate than we are conniving.
What One Small Group Learned From Sharing Their Faith Together
Evangelism for these brothers is not a way to shame their opponents, but an opportunity to express their love for Jesus and display that love among neighbors.