Tagged with "sin"

• Renew My Mind

  The world has a quiet way of shaping how we think, often without our awareness. Renewal begins not with effort, but with learning to notice — and unlearn — the patterns that have been forming us.

• Racism Is Sin

  A personal reflection on Charlottesville, friendship, and the Christian call to reconciliation — arguing that racism is sin and that the work of Christ’s people is not outrage or silence, but costly, relational love across dividing lines.

• Purify My Heart

  A prayer of surrender and longing — for a clean heart that desires God alone and seeks His presence above all else.

• No Excuse

  God’s revelation is not hidden — it’s everywhere. Creation declares His power, and conscience confirms His nature. The question is not whether He’s spoken, but whether we’ll respond.

• The Bitter Harvest of Sin

  Sin promises satisfaction but delivers shame. What once felt thrilling leaves a bitter harvest — yet grace still invites us into life.

• From Ashes to Glory

  When the holy place is defiled and left in ruins, God does not abandon it—He rebuilds His dwelling within us with greater glory than before.

• The Counterfeit Feast

  A sober look at Proverbs 9 and the deceptive invitation of folly that mimics wisdom but ultimately leads to death.

• Guard the Grace

  A reflection on how many churches respond to sexual sin—and what those responses quietly teach about confession, belonging, and grace.

• Not Subdued

  The enemy’s aim has always been to silence worship — but because of Christ, what feels destroyed is never beyond restoration, and what seems subdued is never truly lost.

• Sons of Brokenness

  From the aftermath of Korah’s rebellion emerged a lineage shaped by holy fear, humility, and grace — voices whose worship was forged in brokenness and preserved in the Psalms.

• Loving Judge

  David’s prayer for judgment is not reckless bravado, but quiet trust in a God whose justice is shaped by grace and whose scrutiny is meant to heal.

• Not Even One

  When Scripture strips away self - confidence, grace is revealed not as an idea to admire, but as a Person to depend on.

• What About Judas?

  How close can a person be to Jesus — and still miss Him? Judas’ life confronts our assumptions about proximity, ministry, and surrender.

• A Big God

  In the vastness of a universe held within God, even our sin and suffering are not beyond His presence—inviting us to trust that He can transform what once tormented us into instruments of glory.

• Imputed Motivations

  We often judge others by assumed motives we cannot truly know, while excusing our own. God, who knows every motive, chooses mercy instead of condemnation.

• The Passover Lamb

  From the skins God made for Adam and Eve, to the blood of the Passover lambs, to the cross — there is one unbroken thread. This is what Jesus walked into.

• Room Noise

  Something is missing when we walk into worship detached from our desperate need for God. A reflection on what Psalm 107 says our singing is supposed to sound like — and why it usually doesn't.