Book Review: Uncomfortable: The Awkward and Essential Challenges of Christian Community by Brett McCracken

There is no book out there that I have read about a community of believers that really shaped me and changed my perspective on the church as a community like this book. The title tells it. We are at times uncomfortable especially if you are part of a multicultural church (not that you do not …

25. Salvation for All

Romans 10:13 Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. The Bible’s promise is that you will be saved if you believe in Jesus and trust in what he accomplished on the cross by dying for your sin. That is, you will be saved from your sin and from the wrath …

Stand Up For Jesus Till Death

Jim Elliot was a missionary to one of the tribes in Ecuador known as “Aucas”. The Aucas tribe killed outsiders. But this information did not stop Jim Elliot from attempting to reach out to them. One of the things that motivated him was that the Aucas needed to hear the gospel of Christ, and this …

24. The Patience of God

Romans 9:22 What if God, although willing to demonstrate His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction? 2000 years have passed by now since Jesus said that he would return in judgment and usher in his blessed Kingdom. What is taking God so long? Do …

23. The True People of God

Romans 9:6 But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel. When one considers the Old Testament, one might be tempted to think that the true people of God are the people of Israel as a nation. One will also be tempted …

22. Great Sorrow for a Great People

Romans 9:2 I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. Let me ask you five thought-provoking questions: 1. Do you anguish over others? Do you sorrow for those who do not know Jesus Christ and who are therefore perishing without him? I am afraid most of us do not. Why is that? Is …

21. The Love of God in Christ Jesus

Romans 8:38-39 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. What does “anything else in …