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Amidst It All, Salvation Stands

Let me tell you a story. This is the story of a man. This man is a confident, strong man. He sets out walking down a road on a clear, warm spring day. He is not sure where he is going, but he knows he will know his destination when he gets there. The longer he walks the less certain he is of where he is going, yet he still presses on sure he will eventually get where he wants to go. After a while, he sees a cloud forming up ahead. He can tell it is an ominous cloud, but he is curious so he goes to investigate. The closer he gets, the more he realizes it is a perilous mass, yet still he gets closer, intrigued by it. Soon, he is right upon it, and it quickly envelops him, as if it was waiting for him. Naturally, he thinks it is an odd occurrence, but he is sure that it will disperse quickly as he moves through it. He continues to walk in the way he thinks the road was leading, figuring the cloud would go away after he had walked a little further. However, he was gravely mistaken.
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No More Wasted Time

I have recently been reading through the book of Acts. The common theme that I have observed in the first several chapters is the idea of the Holy Spirit coming upon the believers. I've noticed a pattern: 1. The Holy Spirit comes upon an individual or group. 2. The person/people speak with boldness and power through the Holy Spirit. 3. "The Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved." (Acts 2:47) I feel the Spirit reawakening a passion within my life and He's moving in our midst. Let us follow the pattern, where He fills us, then let the power and passion drive us to follow the command Jesus gave, "Therefore go and make disciples of all nations" (Matthew 28:19). I am broken that I, and so many others are living in silence and mediocrity. We were meant for more. We are meant to be Christ’s representatives in this world, “ 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and i
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ALL to Him I Owe: A Lookback on My Time at Summit Ministries

Summit Ministries is a Christian worldview conference, 12 days, 72 hours of World Class Lectures from a Christian point-of-view on many topics from the economy, to Islam, to same sex marriage to abortion. It's all packed into two very short, very exciting weeks.I heard about Summit from my older siblings who had gone before, and I had wanted to go for years. I knew a lot about what would happen and the structure of the conference, what I did not realize was the incredible impact it would have on my life. On the first night, Trent, my small group leader, asked what I hoped to get out of my time at Summit. I said that I was looking for a time of Spiritual refreshing and recharging since I had felt that my faith had grown somewhat stagnant; I had no idea how it would end up happening. Summit CO Session 6, 2014 - Highlight Film Ideas Have... : " The most dangerous ideas in a society are not the ones being argued, but the ones that are assumed. " - C.S. Lewis We
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Location: Summit Ministries, 935 Osage Avenue, Manitou Springs, CO 80829, USA
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Selflessness in a World of Singularity

      It is no secret that our culture focuses on the individual, the me. Society encourages an egotistical approach to life. We are expected to view ourselves as the only individuals who are of any real value. Other people are really only a means to whatever end we view as the most beneficial to us at any given moment. We pass up opportunities to help people simply because it is not convenient, or it does not seem to present any immediate reward for us. Friends, this should not be so!        The church is called to be the hands and feet of Christ, reaching out, helping, supporting, caring for and loving others. All too often, however, we fall into the trap of singularity. We know that we are supposed to help them, but the feeling of individuality within us often convinces us that it is not worth our time or effort to help. What is worse, we have even, in some ways, conditioned our minds to not even notice the needs of those around us.       Our focus should be like that of Chr
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I'm Broken, I'm Fed Up and I'm Done with Mediocrity

Last week, I had a very eye opening experience. For my whole life, I  have been taught about what it means to be a christian. I have taken the worldview classes and I have gone to the apologetics seminars, but it was tonight, in the futility of my mind, and the blank that I drew that brought me to a very real conclusion. My College Ethics class was discussing the topic of absolute versus relative truth or morality. In a class of twenty or more students, I was the only one who believed that there was an absolute standard of truth, morality and ethical beliefs. The professor did not seem convinced that I could really be a full-blown absolutist. He proceeded to present a scenario that he clearly thought would stump me. However, thanks to previous study and the exact same scenario being presented to me in an online debate. He thought he had put me in a no win scenario, but I broke it and forced him to concede. he said, "Well Tim, you are indeed an absolutist. I can simply encourag
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Location: Aurora, CO, USA
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Christmas and the Cross: The Overlooked Part of the Story

“For Christ has entered, not into holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf. Nor was it to offer himself repeatedly, as the high priest enters the holy places every year with blood not his own, for then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment, so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.” Hebrews 9:24-28 (ESV) Christmas, there is a song that says "it's the most wonderful time of the year." The hustle and bustle of Christmas is the joy of the holiday season. Gift giving and getting is the center of all attention during this month of December
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