Christ is the beating heart of Christian faith and its only object.
This is the basic argument of To Gaze upon God: that we who now see as if behind a veil will one day enjoy the unveiled splendor of God himself, who will dwell with us forever.
We love hearing about Jesus, but we also love hearing about how much effort we need to exert to truly pull off this whole “Christian life” thing.

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This is the prelude of Easter. Is a dead Jesus still resting in the tomb? No!
Ash Wednesday's purpose is not to motivate our resolve to redouble our efforts to do better.
The usual acclamation when one becomes King is: “Long live the King!” But this King of kings, this son of David, has come to die.
If Jesus shows up and you are a sinner, ‘tis more blessed to receive than to give
The Second Edition of “The Christian Life: Cross or Glory?” by Steven Hein is now available from 1517 Publishing.
Although God is always closer to us than the nose on our face, he has not taken the wraps off and given any sinful and mortal human being a full-measure, face-to-face meeting.
We do not have to endure the pain and suffering of this fallen existence forever, just for a little while.
Ash Wednesday, is meant to remind us we have a death problem. All living things made from the soil shall return to it.
Epiphany celebrates that we have not been left in our hearts’ cold darkness and this spoiled creation.
We are given, so we give thanks, and we give thanks by giving.
The following is an excerpt from “The Christian Life: Cross or Glory” written by Steven A. Hein (1517 Publishing, 2015).
In spiritual matters, the Scriptures teach us that freedom is tied to slavery and bondage.