Empathy is rarely natural, but it is always worship.

6/29/2025 - Bubba Rainwater

The Living Sacrifice is bent on honoring Christ and there is no better way than with our words, so even in the midst of persecution we can honor Christ with the words we choose.

6/22/2025 - Bubba Rainwater

The English simply fails to portray the words of Romans 12:13. More than sharing. Infinitely more than mere hospitality.

7/15/2025 - Bubba Rainwater

The Living Sacrifice is not merely the one who does big things, but the one who can sit in the quiet presence of God and rejoice in the unrevealed reality of what is to come . . . and that is HOPE.

6/1/2025 - Bubba Rainwater

The Living Sacrifice begins with an oft-renewed identity in the love of Christ which fuels a fervor to strive boldly . . . and to do so without hesitation.

5/25/2025 - Bubba Rainwater

The Living Sacrifice is to love like a brother ought to love a brother, and to be competitive in that love so that he beats his brother to that love.

5/18/2025 - Bubba Rainwater

The Living Sacrifice follows in the footsteps of Jesus who could fiercely detest evil and doggedly chase down good . . . all in the same room (Mark 3:1-6).

5/11/25 - Bubba Rainwater

The word "love" is often used as a verb, an action (or lack thereof), but for the Christian, "love" is an ever-present inclination toward the person with a beating heart. All of them. All the time.

5/4/25 - Bubba Rainwater

The first thing Paul encourages these "living sacrifices" to do it to utilize the differing giftings of the Holy Spirit for the benefit of the church family.

4/27/25 - Bubba Rainwater

After extolling the glory of the Gospel to the Roman church, Paul pleads with them to respond in a fashion that is purely logical--to act in holiness, pleasing to God, in goodness, and leaving nothing to regret. This is the life of the "Living Sacrifice"!

4/20/25 - Bubba Rainwater