Persons with a non-western mindset, such as Native Americans, Polynesians and people of tribal history in general usually identify themselves by stating their name and family background. Who they come from, their parents, grand parents, their clan and tribal membership identify who they are. The parallels to a Christian’s life are stunning. Often we are trying to identify ourselves by the works we do instead of whose we are.

Maybe you’ve seen these two words printed on a popular brand of T-shirt or you even own one. When I first noticed the shirts, I asked myself, whether conquering our fears is as easy as wearing one of them. If we are honest, we are daily faced with a number of fears. Fear of failure [...]

If you are like me, you probably are more interested in finding answers to your questions than asking them. Life with all its little details and decisions seems to throw more questions our way than we think we can handle. But I am beginning to learn the importance of asking questions because to do so [...]

Jesus Christ didn’t come into this world to make bad people good-he came to make dead people alive. Our sins rendered us spiritually dead but through Jesus’ death on the cross we can receive forgiveness and through his resurrection we can receive new life. Accept His gift!

Anyone who has ever tried to get to a destination and met with construction delays, accidents or obstacles of different kinds knows the frustration. What a waste of time to be stuck in a traffic jam. In Acts 23:11 Paul received a specific word of direction from God while he was in Jerusalem. The Lord [...]