I Know God Loves Me, but Does He Like Me?

How should we respond when friends embrace worldly entertainment? Pastor John offers encouragement for when personal convictions lead to loneliness. 

How do we present ourselves to God “as a living sacrifice”? Pastor John applies Romans 12:1–2 to believers’ daily lives. 

Does it feel like you can’t discern God’s voice in this season? Do this when God isn’t speaking to you.

Even if we know that God is good to us, we may believe that his goodness is constrained. But Jesus is at pains to help us not feel that way. 

The disciples connected with Jesus through their senses more than their spirit. We need to avoid that mistake. If you want to experience more joy, peace, and connection with God, don’t try to approach Him through your flesh.Instead, approach Him in spirit and in truth. Andrew add ...  Show more

Friends, for this Thirtieth Sunday of Ordinary Time, we are treated to the wonderful and deeply challenging parable of the Pharisee and the publican from Luke 18. We are meant to see in this deceptively simple story a basic and clarifying principle in the spiritual order—namel ...