I Know You Don't Like Her but She's My Girl
If I find out that someone can't stand being around my wife, that's likely to cause issues between us. Why do we expect it to be any different with Jesus?
I Was Made for You: The Story, Singleness, the Church, and a Love Letter to Those Who Really Love Me
As someone who believes strongly in the value of being real, of confessing, of knowing and being known, I live a life torn in two directions. As desperate as I am to be known, I think the vast majority of people around me see the smile on my mouth and call me blessed. What they don’t realize is that I have so much to say that doesn’t come out. They don’t realize I’m a messed up head-case who’s insecure and needy and impatient and selfish—but as much as I want them all to know that and accept me and love me, the reality is that I don’t trust that they’d really accept me if they knew the real me. I can barely get people to like the projected me, so what hope is there that they’ll accept the whole, unfiltered me behind the projected me?
Longing to See Christ in You
If belief plays a central role in our spiritual life, we want to love those around us by encouraging them to believe well. We want to see Christ in you, for every one of the "you"s around us here in Redemption Church.
We Need Each Other
Without each other, we do not have the fullness of the Holy Spirit. Our relationship with God is incomplete as individuals. We may yearn for independence, but God has designed us with dependence in mind, both on Himself and on each other.