SOMETHING MUCH DEEPER

Our greatest failures are not the end of our faith. They can be the beginning of something much deeper if our hearts remain tender and responsive to God and open to His process of restoration. The restoration of Peter had similarities to his three denials of the Lord....

A DISPLACED FAITH

Jesus told His disciples, “You will all fall away, for it is written ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered’” (Mark 14: 27). Falling away requires a situation when we are in danger and our life is on the line. Imagine if you were told...

THE SHALLOW NATURE OF BRAVADO

I’ve heard self-overconfident statements of personal bravado being spoken and used in an attempt to convince people of the unfailing nature of a person’s faith. The truth is none of us know how we will respond when a real test of our faith comes and our...