SO often, the Church makes our faith SO complicated and we forget the simplicity of the gospel of Jesus Christ, and His FULL and COMPLETE grace given to us through His life, death, burial, and resurrection. It is so good to be reminded reminded often about the joy and simplicity of our faith!

Why do we suffer? How do we suffer? What HOPE do we have to suffer well? There is joy to be experienced when we know how to suffer well. Come find out how.

"They say one day you'll leave this world behind, so live a life you will remember..."

The words of this song were ringing through my head one morning, and I kept wrestling with them. So in this CWA, I discuss the results of this kind of thinking on peoples lives; whether Christian or not, and how the only way to really sing this song with positive life-changing results, is through the lens of a Christian whose hope is not in this life, but the confidence to live this life, is dependent on our hope in eternity.

Our purpose in life is to give God Glory by everything and in everything we do. This is why there is hope, this is why there is peace, and this is why there is joy in every circumstance no matter the daily anxieties and frustrations. Our reading today is 2 Corinthians 4.

Coffee with Alan 7-2-21 - Retreat

Luke 5:16 - Jesus often went away to deserted places to spend time in the Father’s presence praying. We need to do the same. The busier you are during the week, the more often you need to retreat.

I sit down with David Runia from C3 (Christian City Church) here in Belgrade, and talk through how we put together our series and how we teach the Bible.

"If you live by men's praise you'll die by their criticism." Tune in to a special Coffee with Alan were I sat down with Elijah Scheidler to talk through our Facebook conversation around this quote and unpack the deeper theological and practical insights for our lives around living out our true identity to both not think about ourselves MORE highly than we ought, but also considering the exhortation to not think of ourselves LESS highly than we ought.

An applicable conversation about what it means to have your foundation in Christ through experiencing the challenge of difficult circumstances.