Paradoxes and Weaknesses

I don’t have to deny or hide my weakness because the beauty of them is they point to a God who promises to make me new....
Keep ReadingA faithful presence of love in the absences of our city.
April 19, 2018 by Bronwyn Siebert | Tags: gospel, albuquerque, vision, faith, heart, hope, blog, promises, Reflection, sanctification, theology, Change, Albuquerque Church, Sermon, Albuquerque Churches, Church blog, Genesis, Revelation, Bookends, Growth, Reorient, Paradox, Head, Belief, Reframe, Gaze, Believe
I don’t have to deny or hide my weakness because the beauty of them is they point to a God who promises to make me new....
Keep ReadingSeptember 28, 2017 | 1 Comments by D. Gettemy | Tags: gospel, albuquerque, power, faith, goodness, Jesus, Context, Church, Albuquerque Church, Church blog, Perspective, Trusting, Speak, Creation, Genesis
It’s not that God was any less present to them or working any fewer miracles of deliverance and preservation among them over those years; it’s just that they stopped seeing Him. They stopped recognizing His faithfulness to them. And I do the same thing. ...
Keep ReadingJanuary 13, 2017 by Josh Spare | Category: Gospel | Tags: gospel, justice, faith, hope, Mercy, Pain, Religion, Suffering
We, as Christians, have the privilege of engaging with our Creator, demanding a response for evil that seems contrary to His very character, and throwing ourselves into the eternal love that began between the Trinity and has been mercifully extended to us....
Keep ReadingJanuary 5, 2017 by Biersgreen | Category: Gospel | Tags: justice, faith, ministry, service, mission, Mercy, Accountability, Love the city, Perseverance
In this real world where we live, God calls us to have faith, both in doing the works he puts in front of us and in trusting him for the results (visible or otherwise) that they may or may not achieve....
Keep ReadingDecember 8, 2016 by Emily Leslie | Category: Gospel | Tags: anger, power, justice, trust, faith, God, Christ, Refuge, Strength, Reliance, Wrath
"Safe?" said Mr. Beaver, "Who said anything about safe? 'Course he isn't safe. But he's good."...
Keep ReadingNovember 3, 2016 by Gary Villa | Category: Gospel | Tags: faith, God's Word, Intentionality, Devotional, Scripture, Attention, Devotion, Wonder, Listening
Faithfully reading the Bible means that we don't wait for the text to amaze us. We have to sit with it, attend to it....
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