By Patrick Roberts Be encouraged that Jesus’ preferred learning method is to learn by stepping out and giving things a try. If we are convinced of this, then we will set out in humility and take chances in Christ’s name. Christ empowers us wherever we are in life, even if we still lack the Official [...]

Waiting for God First, the American Way Second By Patrick Roberts It would be very American of us to take God’s kingdom into our own hands. And to assume we have a little more figured out than everyone else would also be very American. But the day we cast aside our ethnocentrism and our need [...]

American Religion and the American Way By Patrick Roberts We Americans love our religion because it allows us to pick and choose God’s goals for us. The substance of our religion is an infatuation with control, which is also the case for all lovers of religion. We suppose that we’re clever for finding new religious [...]

By Patrick Roberts Christ will un-train and un-teach us when we open up to the infinite possibilities of God. Undoing our worldly upbringing will be painful, yet our spiritual wellbeing depends on it. We should be encouraged by the fact that losing ourselves in return for gaining Christ is an eternally great deal. If we [...]

By Patrick Roberts The best medicine for the masses who openly reject the westernized church is truth. God’s design is that the straightforward truth about His Son is sufficient to save even the most adamantly lost person. So is this same medicine, the straight truth, any less appropriate for those who are consistent churchgoers? How [...]