Fear Not!

Many fears are tied together, such as death and the unknown, rejection and ridicule, pain and misery, and failure and loneliness. We can also observe that these are mostly existential fears that describe an inner condition of the heart.

Somewhere in all our thinking, God has to figure into the equation. There must be a reason that the Bible tells us (in various ways and in various places) to “fear not” hundreds of times. Fear is such a basic human emotion that many of us constantly live in the grip of fear, worry, and anxiety. God told us to “fear not” because he knew that we would all wrestle with fear sooner or later.

No matter what happens we must always put our trust in the Lord. That’s biblical faith rising above circumstances to lay hold of the eternal promises of God.

What Type of Church

Will We Build?

A constant thread running throughout the story of the first church in the book of Acts is courage. Over and over again the first disciples faced a future they couldn’t see and took risks as if they had nothing to lose. In fact, they displayed the kind of courage many would call foolish, even crazy. Still, it’s clear in the story of the first church that gospel community convinced that Jesus’ message can change the world will act with courage.

Why? Why did they face an unknown future by building a church with such radical qualities?

They did it because they believed the gospel message could change the world.