True Christianity requires that we admit our sinfulness, accept the fact that we are incapable of saving ourselves, and trust in the only Savior who can. We must, however, begin by admitting our hands are dirty before we can make our way to the sink of salvation.
In the first Great Awakening, Jonathan Edwards noted that the first thing active in conversion was an overwhelming…..
Have you ever wondered why so many Christian converts are on fire for the Lord?
Paul says that our bodies are temples. If that is true then we each have a Holy of Holies that is unoccupied. Sadly, most of us set the bar for divine occupancy so low that we rent the space out to any “god’ that says…..
We are fascinated by stories of people whose lives have been miraculously transformed by the Gospel. We love to warm our faith by the Divine flame that burns so intensely in their newly acquired faith. We even fantasize about telling our own dramatic conversion stories where waves of “amens” crash loudly on the church shore. Sadly, for most of us…..