by Chris Findley | Sep 22, 2024 | Discipleship, Life, Scripture
“The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.” (Psalm 34:18) Today I had several conversations with friends who are experiencing significant grief and pain from profound and tragic events in their lives. Those...
by Chris Findley | May 18, 2024 | Discipleship, Scripture
The church can be known for a number of things can’t it? It can be known for its care for the poor. It can be known for its moral teaching. It can be known for its liturgical expression. Sadly, it can sometimes be known in a...
by Chris Findley | Apr 24, 2024 | Discipleship, Scripture
Imagine you are with the Disciples and it’s Easter Sunday. But you don’t know that because you don’t know Jesus has risen. Not yet. What you do know is that Jesus died. He was betrayed and falsely convicted. He was brutally beaten and whipped. Then he was...
by Chris Findley | Apr 7, 2024 | Discipleship, Scripture
Every Christian is called to be a student of the Bible. Yet many Christians struggle with their Bible reading –either in forming the habit or in comprehending what they are reading. Many are like the Ethiopian eunuch in Acts 8. When Phillip comes upon the man...
by Chris Findley | Feb 23, 2024 | Discipleship, Scripture
When my wife Sheryl and I started dating in 1991, we had both recently gone through a renewal of our faith. Although we had both been raised in the Church, we hadn’t really internalized it or made it a priority. In many ways in the spring of 1991 we were baby...
by Chris Findley | Feb 19, 2024 | Discipleship, Scripture
Many Christians struggle to understand how to live faithfully in a culture that clearly is at odds with their faith and increasingly hostile towards it. It may come as a surprise to some that this is not unusual or unprecedented. Throughout history...
