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What Would We Do in That Moment? Imagine it clearly. You’re at home. Your family is there. Everything feels normal, until suddenly it isn’t. Someone breaks in. You know they intend harm. In that moment, something rises instantly within you. Protect. Defend. Fight. As a father, as a husband, it feels not only natural, but right. “If they bring violence, I will meet them with greater violence.” Most people wouldn’t even question it. But what if, in that exact moment, there is another option?...

Which Kingdom are We Really From? With everything happening in the world right now, there’s a familiar idea rising again, that God is behind war, raising leaders to destroy evil and eliminate the enemy. You hear it in conversations, online, and even among Christians. The logic sounds convincing: if someone does evil, then stopping them, even violently, must be justified. But when you slow down and really think about it, something doesn’t quite sit right. It starts to sound like a simple...

Have you ever been taught, or quietly assumed, that in essence, the Ten Commandments were a set of rules to follow so you wouldn’t be punished or lose eternal life? The Bible paints a very different picture. The Ten Commandments were given not to control, but to reveal who God is, and what love looks like. Psalm 119:142 “Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and Your law is truth.” The law is a mirror of God’s character. ⸻ God’s Law = God’s Character 1 John 4:8 “God is love.”...