Compass Church Bloomington-Normal

Forgiveness is not something that comes easy. When someone hurts us we want them to hurt back. And we certainly don’t want to let them off the hook. Jesus is the best model of forgiveness we have. How did he approach it? Is it really as important as some people make it out to be? […]

Do you ever feel like you don’t know what to say when you pray? You’re not alone. The awkwardness we feel when we pray can lead us to pray thoughtless, repetitious and sometimes weird prayers. But we don’t have to be uncomfortable. Jesus gave us a template for prayer to not only help us pray […]

Christians pray a lot with others. We pray with our kids, over our meals, and when someone has a need. But Jesus said that when we pray we should go be alone. Why was praying alone so important to him? Why did Jesus say prayer should be practiced in private?

Jesus talked about how to love other people often. It is at the heart of everything he taught. He also talked a lot about money. Where do the two meet up? How should love and economics make sense for followers of Jesus?

Human beings have a deep need to be recognized by the people we value the most. Whether it’s our friends, family, or literal strangers on the internet, there’s something incredibly powerful about the approval and praise of certain people. But is there a spiritual downside to playing to the people whose opinions we value most?

Deconstruction is a term that defines when a Christian, or someone who was raised in a church tradition, begins to question what they believe and why they believe it. The process of deconstruction is to break apart the faith that was handed to us along with the assumptions that came with it. Some Christians don’t […]

We all have enemies of some kind. It could be people who believe and live differently than we do. It could be people who do hurtful things to us. It could be people who vote the other way. It could simply be people who are not like us. While it may be strange to use […]

We have an eye for an eye sense of justice. It says, “If you do something to me, I do the same thing back to you.” Whether we call it revenge, retribution, punishment, or tit-for-tat, we all share the feeling that if we are wronged it has to be made right by the equal suffering […]

People lie all the time – to pad their resume, pay less taxes, sell a car, and to gain political power. We expect it…so we accept it. It’s a system built on the assumption of dishonesty. Should followers of Jesus be different? What should the truth look like in our world?

Divorce is something that many people have gone through and has touched nearly all of us. But it rarely happens without relational damage. Jesus had a lot to say about divorce, and how it is impacted by his kingdom ethic of radical love.