Freedom!

What defines you? Typically, the things that define you are the things that hold you captive. So, who are you? Take a good look in the mirror and think about what you see. Are you.....popular, an outcast, a doctor, a teacher, a republican, a democrat, a Michigan fan, a Michigan State fan, an artist, an athlete, a poet, a musician, a life-long Christian, a new Christian, wealthy, middle-class, poor, divorced, an addict, a widow, or a deacon? Do these things really matter when thinking about our identity? Or should we find our identity in Christ and allow ourselves to experience the freedom that can only come from a relationship with him? Are you truly free? Have you let Jesus remove the chains that enslave us to this world or are you a prisoner? Life isn't meant to be lived in captivity....we are created for so much more! What is something that keeps you or people that you know from living in the freedom that Christ offers us?

"Entering into this fullness is not something you figure out or achieve. It's not a matter of being circumcised or keeping a long list of laws. No, you're already in—insiders—not through some secretive initiation rite but rather through what Christ has already gone through for you, destroying the power of sin." Colossians 2:11&12 (The Message)

-AC

Tom Brady Interview

In case you missed it....this video was shown in church a couple weeks ago.

What do you think?

It will set you free....

In a post-modern, pluralistic world, where so many people claim to know truth, it brings up so many questions. Is there such thing as truth? What is truth? Is there absolute truth? Can we know truth? If every religion claims to own the truth, does that make truth relative or experiential? Where does Jesus fit in all of this? What makes Jesus unique amongst all of the other truth claims? Is it arrogant of Christians to think that through Jesus and Jesus alone, one can know truth? Todd Billings, a professor at Western Theological Seminary said, “The uniqueness of Jesus Christ makes humility possible for Christians because, rather than saying we own the truth (which we of course don’t), instead we can say we are owned by the One who is the truth.” How does this help us, as Christians, to avoid hubris (pride or arrogance) by saying Jesus, the word of Truth, owns us? What does it mean that we belong to Him? It’s not that we have a corner on the truth. We simply experience the truth of who Jesus is, and it sets us free. Do you know this Jesus? Does he own your heart? Have you been set free?
-AC

"If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." -John 8:31-32