Subject: [Christian Concepts] What It Means To Advance God's Kingdom

[Christian Concepts] What It Means To Advance God's Kingdom

September 15th, 2018 at 11:16 am EDT

Hi, Friend! Before Jesus died and rose again, everyone, including Jesus’s disciples, was confused about Jesus’s purpose. Was Jesus on earth to start a military campaign? That would be easier that dying on a cross but not a final solution to the p ...

[Christian Concepts] Why the Playing Long Game Matters

September 8th, 2018 at 2:13 pm EDT

Hi, Friend! In chess, the pawn is the weakest piece. However, if you stop your understanding of the pawn there, you’ll miss that the pawn also has the most potential of all the pieces. If it reaches the other side of the board, it becomes more powe ...

[Christian Concepts] Should You Follow or Ignore Your Feelings?

August 31st, 2018 at 10:06 pm EDT

Hi, Friend! When should you trust your feelings? When should you not? I don’t recommend you ever ignore your feelings. They are there for a reason. But it’s up to you to figure out what they mean and what to do about them. Read more about the p ...

[Christian Concepts] How Do I Realize My Identity?

August 25th, 2018 at 12:02 am EDT

Hi, Friend! When life is a struggle, sometimes we wrestle with ourselves, sometimes with our circumstances, and sometimes we wrestle with God. I wonder what challenge your facing that is causing you to want to realize your identity. Click to start ...

[Christian Concepts] What is Identity?

August 18th, 2018 at 7:08 pm EDT

Hi, Friend! Imagine you're in the worse sandstorm of all time. The wind uses the sand to scrub away at you. The intensity of the blast separates little pieces of you and the wind carries them into the distance. If this were a real sandstorm, your phy ...

[Christian Concepts] How Much Pain Are You In?

August 11th, 2018 at 10:32 am EDT

Hi, Friend! When the pain of staying the same is greater than the pain required to change, you become sufficiently motivated to grow. If you’re blocking the pain, you’re holding back your growth. If you’re experiencing more pain than you can ha ...

[Christian Concepts] Identity Manifesto

August 3rd, 2018 at 8:50 pm EDT

Hi, Friend! I have good news. I finished my Identity Manifesto today. I'm giving it as my gift to you for subscribing to my emails. You can download it as a PDF. I'm anxious to know what you think of it, and what, if any, action you take as a result ...

[Christian Concepts] Stop Drifting and Start Living on Purpose

July 28th, 2018 at 4:36 pm EDT

Hi, Friend! A sailor woke up on his ship drifting in the ocean. He didn’t know where he was. He didn’t remember how he got there. He couldn’t recall where he came from. He had no idea where he was going. He did have a working knowledge of sail ...

[Christian Concepts] Is this a Cross?

July 20th, 2018 at 10:35 am EDT

Hi, Friend! I recently came across a cross. Or what someone told me was a cross. As far as I know, the artwork was done with the right heart. The inscription said something like, “God told me to leave the cross open.” See the cross and give me ...

[Christian Concepts] How Two Identities Resolve Conflict

July 13th, 2018 at 6:43 pm EDT

Hi, Friend! This solution for resolving conflict is the third and final post in a series on two identities developing closeness. You can read the first one: How Two Identities Become One, or the second one, Why Two Identities Struggle to Resolve Conf ...