Tag: #jesusfirst

  • Faith Cannot Be Forced: Why the Gospel Was Never Meant to Be Legislated

    Are We Trying to Force Faith Through Politics? Across many Christian communities today, an important conversation is quietly emerging beneath the surface of political debates and cultural conflicts. It revolves around a difficult but necessary question: are believers beginning to pursue political authority as a means of protecting the faith, and if so, does that…

  • #WWJD — What Would Jesus Do… Today?

    We’ve walked through: Now we return to the question that started it all: What Would Jesus Do… today? But now, we’re not guessing. We’re responding from understanding. First: What Is Jesus Still Doing? Before we ask what He would do, we must remember what He is doing. Jesus’ mission did not end at the cross.…

  • #WWJD — How Jesus Responded to People and Situations

    It’s easy to quote Jesus. It’s harder to watch Him. Because when you study how Jesus actually responded to people—especially in tense, messy, controversial moments—you begin to see something deeper than slogans. You see balance. You see wisdom. You see strength without cruelty. And you see mercy without compromise. If we want to ask, “What…

  • #WWJD — Becoming Like Jesus: Knowing His Heart and Character

    It’s possible to admire Jesus. It’s possible to study Jesus. It’s even possible to defend Jesus. But becoming like Him? That requires something deeper. Because Jesus did not call us to copy His behavior mechanically. He calls us to share His heart. And you cannot reflect a heart you have never taken time to know.…

  • #WWJD — What Does Jesus Expect From Us?

    It’s easy to study Jesus from a distance. It’s harder to respond to Him. If Jesus is who He claimed to be…If He came to reconcile humanity to God…If He gave His life as a ransom… Then neutrality is not really an option. So what does He expect from those who say they follow Him?…

  • #WWJD — What Did Jesus Do—and What It Revealed About Him

    It’s one thing to make bold claims. It’s another to live in a way that supports them. In the previous post, we looked at what Jesus claimed about Himself—divine authority, eternal existence, the right to forgive sins. Now we ask: Did His actions confirm those claims? Because words can be spoken lightly. But actions reveal…

  • #WWJD — What Did Jesus Claim to Be?

    Now that we’ve established Jesus was a real historical person, we must confront the next question: What did He claim about Himself? Because it’s one thing to admire Jesus as a teacher.It’s another to hear what He actually said. And what He said leaves us with no comfortable middle ground. Was Jesus Just a Good…

  • #WWJD — Who Is Jesus? (History, Not Hearsay)

    Before theology.Before doctrine.Before devotion. We must start with a far more basic question: Was Jesus a real person? Because if Jesus never existed, then everything else—His teachings, His claims, His cross, His resurrection—collapses into myth. Christianity would be nothing more than an inspiring story built on imagination. But history tells a very different story. Jesus…

  • #WWJD (What Would Jesus Do?) Series

    To Be Like Jesus, We Must First Know Him For years, Christians have asked a familiar question: What Would Jesus Do? It appeared on bracelets, necklaces, youth group walls, and sermon illustrations. The intention was good—to pause, reflect, and choose a Christlike response in everyday life. But somewhere along the way, the question became shallow.…

  • What It Could Have Been

    If Christ Had Truly Been the Halftime Headliner In Part 1, I talked about the missed opportunity.In Part 2, I laid out the heart conflict—Christ First vs. Culture First. Now I want to do something different. Instead of only pointing out what went wrong, I want to ask a holy, hope-filled question: What if Jesus…

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