Time to Test Your Faith

Friends, I want to focus this week on the second reading, which is from the marvelous Letter to the Hebrews. It addresses a very important and very controversial topic—namely, the divine punishment. You would be hard-pressed to say that this is not a motif in the Bible. That’s si ... Show More

Friends, the title of my ministry, Word on Fire, came from our Gospel for today. Jesus says to his disciples, “I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing!” This is not the lighting of a cozy campfire. This is closer to, if you want, Sodom and Gom ... Show More

Friends, on this Nineteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time, our second reading from the Letter to the Hebrews offers us a great biblical description of faith. I stand with Paul Tillich, the Protestant theologian, who said that faith is the most misunderstood word in the religious vocabu ... Show More

You’re bigger than what you’re living in. In “Say Hey By Faith,” Pastor Steven Furtick teaches us that just because your current circumstances feel foreign doesn’t mean you’re not currently in the promise. If you’ve just made a decision for Christ, please respond HERE: http://ele ... Show More

It’s time to get ready. In “The God Of After,” Pastor Steven Furtick reveals that the attack you’re facing is proof of the purpose on your life. If you’ve just made a decision for Christ, please respond HERE: http://ele.vc/tIepfr To support this ministry and help us continue to r ... Show More

If you’ve been feeling stuck in your story, it’s time to let God change the script.  In “Focus Your Faith,” Pastor Steven Furtick shows us how the power of faith can transform our perspective. If you’ve just made a decision for Christ, please respond HERE: http://ele.vc/tIepfr To ... Show More

Luther's justification by faith, though it may have been aimed at an unconditional understanding over and against works-righteousness, melded conditionalism and unconditionalism and injected much of Christian thought and biblical interpretation with this confusion. Romans is the ... Show More

How did God’s promised gospel come to us? In this episode of Light + Truth, that’s the question that John Piper answers from Romans 1:1–4. 

Friends, Christians often speak of “having a personal relationship with Christ” or “knowing Jesus personally,” but what does this actually mean? Is it possible? How do we go beyond knowing about Christ to truly knowing him? That’s what Brandon Vogt and I discuss on today’s “Word ... Show More