“Thus says the Lord: ‘What wrong did your fathers find in me that they went far from me, and went after worthlessness, and became worthless?'” (ESV – Read the chapter)
When someone rejects God, there’s a reason for it. That seems like it should be obvious, but perhaps it’s not so obvious as it should be. If someone has been exposed to the Gospel and then left it for something else, there’s a reason for it. Read the rest…
“We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ.” (ESV – Read the chapter)
Here is a truth that the world doesn’t know and Jesus followers forget much too often and always at our peril: Our chief enemies in the battle to advance the Gospel are always ideas and never people. People are never our enemies. They are always, only, and ever creatures bearing the image of God and, prayerfully, future brothers and sisters in Christ. Our opponents are the ideas they carry and advance. It is ideas that undermine and tear down the Christian worldview. Ideas have consequences. Bad ideas have victims. We must be ruthless with ideas, but gentle and loving with people. This is a tough balance to achieve, but one we must if we are to boldly advance the Gospel as is our call.
The Nexus 