Faith in Jesus Christ is a gift from heaven that comes as we choose to believe and as we seek it and hold on to it.

Our conversion comes step by step, line upon line. We first build a foundation of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

Our journey of discipleship is not a dash around the track, nor is it fully comparable to a lengthy marathon. In truth, it is a lifelong migration toward a more celestial world.

But our trials need not be spiritually fatal. They need not take us from our covenants or from the household of God.

This isn't missionary work. This is missionary fun.

While many governments and well-meaning individuals have redefined marriage, the Lord has not.

Repentance is powerful spiritual medicine. There are few spiritual ills it will not cure. Each sin we leave behind through our faith in the living Christ-both those of commission and those of omission-opens spiritual doors. As we feel the potency of repentance, we better understand why Christ admonished the early missionaries of this dispensation to "say nothing but repentance unto this generation."