Fully Alive in Christ!

"The glory of God is man fully alive… ." wrote St. Irenaeus. Whoever believes that Jesus Christ is the Lord and the Savior of the world, and turns from sin to put faith in Christ to forgive sins and grant eternal life, will have the Spirit of God living inside of him or her. When this happens, we awaken from the gray world of disappointed dreams and taste what it really means to be alive. This blog is about the experience of being truly alive and how Christ satisfies our deepest longings.

Monday, September 28, 2015

Authentic Church Culture Requires Openness about Sin - and Open Love

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The solution to the culture of hypocrisy I addressed here is to have a church culture that emphasizes sincerity and a safe environment for...
Thursday, August 27, 2015

Openly Confessing Our Sins As a Church: The Culture of Hypocrisy

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This is my confession of sin on behalf of the Church. It needs some context: the latest scandal surrounding   Josh Duggar  and website Ashle...
Friday, July 31, 2015

If You Get It Right, But Do It Without Love, It's Worthless

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Here's a perfect illustration of what it's like to have true ideas and knowledge, but fail to love your neighbor: Paul says eve...
Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Every Christian Action or Argument Has One Aim: Love

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This is the center of your ministry. And it is all too often forgotten. Our essential purpose on earth is to bring each person to know ...
Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Why It's So Difficult to Talk God and Planned Parenthood or God and Transgenderism

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If our idea of God makes no claims about what reality exists for or why our bodies were made this way, then we don't really accept the ...
Monday, July 20, 2015

To Know You Are Loved By God Is Essential for Performance

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The "performance trap" I described last time is what happens when we go off the road halfway through the Gospel and start thinkin...
Friday, July 17, 2015

Performance vs. Grace: Is Your Best Good Enough?

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The cure of all shame and insecurity is believing God fully accepts you in the Gospel - just as you are right now - and realizing He will n...
Wednesday, July 15, 2015

The Paradox of Winning by Failing - How Sinful Christians Persevere and Thrive

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If you know that there is a devil who seeks to trap and outwit you every day (see the last post ), one life-changing lesson from this is tha...
Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Welcome to Spiritual Warfare - Feel Free to Fight Back at Any Time

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"Open war is upon you, whether you would risk it or not." Aragorn, "The Two Towers" In two recent posts here and h...
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Anthony Bushnell
Minnesota, United States
Born alive at age 18. I had a childhood without church and didn't believe in God until He saved me seven weeks before my 19th birthday. Christ changed my life forever, but it was years before I really discovered the fullness of joy in God. I write to encourage others. I love teaching. I am grateful to be a husband and a father of three. I also practice law, volunteer with Christian Legal Society, and lead a small group at our church. And I really love to read.
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