Gospel for life with Nathaniel Timmermann

Light in the Darkness: A World of Hope

Have you been gaining or losing hope? That's a much bigger question than our ages or even work situations can tell us. Sometimes people with tough lives are gaining hope, sometimes those in the best situations are losing hope. What's the truth about your future? That truth affects our present reality. It even affects what we love. And when we love what lasts, hope lives. 

 

Dream of a new world

I think a lot of us would like a new world. Daniel was shown a number of new worlds, but the one he got had a person much more like him than anyone else as king. 

The journey from forgetting to remembering God

Forgetting God might look like a lot of different things. It could mean flat out thinking he doesn't exist. But it could be a lot of other things, like simply having a small God or having such a large view of ourselves that there isn't much space for anything else. Moses takes us on a journey from forgetting to remembering God. The key isn't our memory - thank God! 

Gospel for life: Is pride a problem?

It's Thanksgiving. Have a great day giving thanks. And if you're having a hard time with the day, maybe ask yourself this question: is pride a problem? Might I be proud?

Real success

Have you achieved success in life? What's keeping you back? Change your fear to faith with the real secret to success. 

Gospel for life: A God who says, "I give"

Reflections on Matthew 25:14-30, the Parable of the Bags of Gold

The mostly untrue things we really need to stop believing: my faith is just between me and God

While it is nice to think that faith is just a personal thing, we miss out on a lot if we believe this. We miss out on becoming who we are. That's something that we really only get to do together, as the community gets to see Jesus. 

The mostly untrue things we really need to stop believing: I need to make something of myself

If you've been trying to make something of yourself - to make your own worth and value in the eyes of others - how has that gone? Might it be time to take on the rightness of someone else? 

 

We're just part of the mission, but we are part of the mission.

There is quite a bit of polarization between religion and secularism. Hardly a day goes by when we don't think of a religious person who is so passionate to talk to us or a non-religious person who just wants to be left alone. It feels like quite a mess. 

Paul brought us much of this challenge with his Christian mission. Today in Acts 13:38-52 he gives us a way through the challenge too. We'll take away a more humble view: we're just part of the mission (not the whole thing), but we are part of the mission. 

The Mostly Untrue Things We Really Need to Stop Believing: That Sin Can't be Forgiven

How do you explain or rationalize your behavior when it doesn't match your actions? Do you conclude you are a bad person, or simply made a mistake? Or something deeper, but still controllable - in a completely different way? We need to believe differently, because sin can be forgiven.