Christians often treat Reason as an enemy of faith. From science and philosophy to psychology and questioning, we demonize those who use their minds as opponents of faith. But Jesus commands us to love God with all our minds. So what does that look like? How can Reason be a path to a deeper relationship with God?
Continue readingWhat good are denominations? Are they just markers of our inability to be one family? Or are they more like siblings in God’s family? We explore our denomination, the Church of the Nazarene, and how it helps us know God better.
Continue readingWhat does it mean to be a church? For Jesus, it wasn’t about buildings and activities, but a people gathered around a single purpose. So how does being the Church help us know God?
Continue readingFor many, tradition can be a dirty word. But to be part of the Church means we’re part of a global family that shares our experience of God with each other. How does this global family help us know God better?
Continue readingOur personal experience of God is essential to our relationship with God, but everyone’s experiences are different. How can we know whether our experience of God is authentic and valid, or whether we’re just talking to ourselves? Paul insists we need to draw close to each other in community. A personal experience of God requires a communal experience of God.
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