God Centered Life

Living BC is living under the law which is like being prisoners with the guardian of the law put in charge of us. Maybe you feel you are in prison with the law around you, but there is release that comes from the gospel.

Part of our condition is not only that we are not good, but that we think we are. We have a tendency to think that there's nothing really wrong with us.

The law and the promise play different roles. The law is to convict us of our sins, while the promise of God's grace through faith in Christ is to save us. It is that distinction that must be clear in our minds in order for us to live freely for Christ and His glory.

So many Christians spend their lives living as if it is works and a good moral effort that will get them to heaven.That is not how God has designed His salvation plan. We need to defeat the legalism that kills our faith.

It's a frequent temptation for all of us to look at our faith as something that we need to make happen. In many ways, that attitude toward self-generated faith is what the world thinks we mean by faith. Actually, God is behind it all.

The "Religion of I" is pervasive in our culture. We are all about what we want and what we're going to get. And while that sounds so attractive, it's such a trap. What you need to do to be who you are really meant to be, is to be transformed and put your eyes on Christ.

Adding something to Jesus detracts from Jesus because then he is no longer enough. Jesus becomes merely a stage in my spiritual development rather than my destination.

The story of Abraham is a powerful way of thinking about this blessing of righteousnessnot wealththat comes to all of us who believe. His material wealth was not the fulfillment of the promised blessing of God.

The story of Abraham is a powerful way of thinking about this blessing of righteousnessnot wealththat comes to all of us who believe. His material wealth was not the fulfillment of the promised blessing of God.

Some of us have had good fathers and some have not. But the father figure is important; we all need to feel that we fit into a spiritual lineage.