Time to Test Your Faith

Friends, in our first reading from the book of Deuteronomy this week, Moses says to the people, “For this command that I enjoin on you today is not too mysterious and remote for you. . . . No, it is something very near to you, already in your mouths and in your hearts; you have o ... Show More

Friends, as we resume Ordinary Time, it’s appropriate that we’re looking at a portrait of the Church, because we’re coming back, if you want, to the ordinary work of the Church up and down the ages to the present day. Our Gospel from the tenth chapter of Luke gives us our marchin ... Show More

Friends, this year, the feast of Saints Peter and Paul falls on a Sunday, and I want to spend some time reflecting especially on Saint Peter. Around the year 64, Shimon Bar Yonah, a fisherman from Galilee, was put to death brutally in the Circus of Nero. But while the Roman Empir ... 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