It’s striking to consider Jesus’ will being apart or different than God the Father’s will. After all, He came to do the will of the Father. That’s how Jesus lived His life on earth to the end. And yet, in the last days, Jesus exposes a gap. He exposes it through a desperate cry out to his Abba – “Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from Me; yet not My will, but Yours be done.”...
When You Don’t Want to Obey
What do you do when your body feels full of desire to do what you said you’d never do again? What do you do when you don’t want to obey God? I must have promised I’d never act out sexually again a thousand times. Especially after my sin, I felt so badly, I never wanted to sin again. My desire to do better felt like an army pumped up, loud, and ready for battle. But every time, after some time had...
A Pledge for Your Body
Have you noticed? There are invitations for each distinct part of you in these recent episodes of “Becoming Whole.”Our hope is you’ll say yes to the invitations and incorporate all of you into this meaningful season of Lent: Whether it’s through Confession widening awareness for your heart or Meditation as it transforms your mind.Now, as you listen, allow your body to move through a...
Giving Your Body
Let me start by saying that one of the biggest deceptions ever to breach the thinking of Christians is the idea that Christianity is concerned only with our spiritual lives. Thinking about our spiritual lives as separate from our physical lives is not only unbiblical, it is literally destructive. (Christopher West rightly points out that splitting our spirit from our body is what death is!) But...
If You Don’t Need Mercy
The word “sin” has fallen out of favor. We talk about struggles, brokenness, or unwanted behaviors (words we use all the time at Regen), but acknowledging sin actually opens us to divine mercy in a different, much-needed, way. I think most of us have a love-hate relationship with mercy. We love mercy because we need it, and we hate mercy for the same reason. The fact that God is merciful is...
The Life in Confession
Lent invites you to take a longer look at Jesus on the Cross. This season, we invite you take time to consider Confession as a way to fully understand the choices you are making. Naming and owning your sin is uncomfortable (and that’s putting it lightly). But as you’ll hear, confessing sin plays a vital role to your relationship with God. Before we get started, let’s pray: “Lord, I confess I...
