Before, During, and After the Life-Changing Grace of God in My Life

📖"You were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God." — I Corinthians 6:11 Before Before Jesus, I was poor in spirit. I had nothing inside myself to help myself, and no one else

Surprise! I'm Not Actually Perfect.

My life has been a pattern of mistakes and misprioritizations. Case in point: At this very moment, Microsoft Word is telling me my leading sentence is a mistake. Misprioritizations? that squiggly red line asks. Are you sure that’s a real word? Well, no. But I trust the person reading

The Miracle of Grace

📖"For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift." — Ephesians 2:8 Many conversion stories I have heard go something like this: "Before I met Christ, I was a terrible person. I was far from God and

Identity in Christ

📖"For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time for us to do." — Ephesians 2:10 Before Christ One thing I love wasting time doing is looking at cars and trucks on Facebook Marketplace that I know I can’

The House That Death Could Not Keep

Growing up, one of my favorite stories was about how my parents came to faith in Christ. My mom was raised in a Christian family and attended church every week, while my dad was born into a Hindu-Christian family and primarily followed Hindu practices. In 1983, the year my

How The Radical Truth of Christ Set Me Free

📖"You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." — John 8:32 Have you ever fallen asleep on a raft in the ocean? It’s amazing at first. The rays warm your body while a gentle sea breeze keeps you from overheating. The mellow roll

How Jesus Changed My Life

📖"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, and see, the new has come!" — 2 Corinthians 5:17 What Was I Like Before Jesus? As someone who grew up in the church, having a testimony as a kid always felt

Why Is Ezra Byer a Christian?

John 4 provides the answer.

We Are Not Most Unfortunate

📚The Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis I listened to The Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis as an audiobook in my early 20s, having never made it beyond The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and Prince Caspian when I was younger. I was checking

How to Overcome Fear and Talk About Our Faith

📚Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions by Gregory Koukl I was on a bus taking a church or school trip…I think. The memory is hazy around the edges, but its core is seared into my mind. I don’t remember who I was with, where we

Is Your Thrill of God Gone?

The longer you're a Christian, the easier it can be to lose that original thrill of God you once experienced. Here is something you can do about that.

How Do I Love Someone Who Feels Unlovable?

It's a tough question, but here are some ideas.