Can there be freedom without authority?
“Live your truth”, “be true to yourself”, and “follow your heart” are slogans that ring throughout our culture today. They claim freedom from authority and freedom for self-reign in all areas of life. For many, it feels liberating to unburden oneself from institutional ideas, governing leaders, or religious obligations. Under these mantras of freedom, everyone […]
It’s Okay to Not be Okay
It’s okay to not be okay. But it’s not okay to stay there. I walked into Christian churches, concerts, and events for years with the goal of performing. As a pastor’s son, I thought I had an image to uphold, so I acted like I had my life together. I believed in performance-based acceptance. As […]
Fully Known in Healthy Relationships
We need authenticity, within healthy relationships, to find the freedom to become the people God wants us to be. A few years ago, Josh McDowell rallied our ministry speaking team when he sat us down with his friend, Dr. Henry Cloud, a giant in the counseling world. You might have seen Dr. Cloud’s name on […]
Living in Freedom from Addiction
In the midst of addiction, our hope for freedom can be clouded by a loss of control, depression, and isolation. From personal experience, the light at the end of the tunnel becomes more and more dim as failure and shame build. While trapped in my addiction to pornography, I thought for years that freedom was […]
Where Did Evil Come From?
We know that God is perfectly good and holy, and that there is no evil in him. There is the capacity for evil in us, however, as God created humanity with the freedom of choice. Evil comes from an abuse of good power called free will. God may be responsible for the possibility of evil […]
