Christ Church Stories
Why Does God Want Our Hearts Enlightened?
Epignosis is an experiential divine knowledge of God. This isn’t a cerebral experience with God. Instead, it affects your being. So how do we pray to have our heart eyes enlightened to the reality of God moving into our experience?
Who Is Jesus?
Throughout Scripture, we see many names for Jesus Christ. These speak to His character, title, role, and divinity. Discover the depth of who Jesus is.
Jesus is Head of the Church
Ephesians 1 is clear that Christ is Head of the Church, yet some people only think Jesus was a good teacher or man. Unfortunately, sometimes we don’t allow Jesus’ words to speak for Jesus, resulting in a Jesus caricature. So what qualifies Jesus as Head of the Church?
What is the Church's Global Responsibility?
What is a Christian’s responsibility to share the Gospel? Who is Jesus referring to when we’re told to take the Gospel to every nation? Christians are bringing light into darkness through caring for the broken and oppressed. What would it look like to live out John Wesley’s words, “The world is my parish?”
What is the Church?
Have we been operating under a false perception of what the Church is? Despite our cultural cues shaping our view of the Church, in Matthew 16, Jesus declares that He is building His Church. We outline five things the Church is and isn’t.
Discovering Goodness & Mercy for Your Life
Although David wasn’t a perfect man and experienced great trials, how did goodness and mercy follow him? How did David abide in God?
Caring For Ourselves When Caring For Others
Caregiving is often associated with tending to elderly family members. However, we cross paths with hurting and broken friends and family, perhaps daily. Tending to others requires our dedication to our own spiritual and emotional health.
How to Forgive Those Who've Hurt You
We are not designed to hold onto the bitterness and resentment that comes with past hurts. Although it sounds counter-intuitive, we are called to bless those who hurt us as Christians. Read how God will empower you to find forgiveness.
Overcoming Fear of Death
One day death will come to us personally. It is unavoidable that each of us will one day be buried and celebrated. But the question is, how do we know the power over death or even the fear of death?
How to Hear God’s Voice
How can I know God’s will for my life? Why can’t I hear God? Are these anomalies for a believer, or should they be normative? See how two short verses in Psalm 23 reveal much about God’s leadership and restorative qualities while answering some of our greatest searches.