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1 day ago | 
christianity.com | Britt Mooney
Before Jesus ascended, the gathered disciples asked Jesus if he was about to establish his Kingdom. His response? The ultimate fulfillment would come at an unknown time in the future. In the meantime, his followers needed to wait for the Holy Spirit to have the power to be Christ-witnesses to the ends of the earth (Acts 1:6-7), which Jesus previously taught would happen before his return (Matthew 24:14). So they waited.
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1 day ago | 
christianity.com | Britt Mooney
We serve a God who can do the impossible. Yet we live in a world of limitations and lack. Further, the corruption of sin and brokenness infuses our experience, causing trauma and crisis, leading many to despair. For believers, we exist in this tension—living among such impossibility but following a God for whom all things are possible. The apostle Paul tells us our transformation results from renewing our mind.
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1 day ago | 
christianity.com | Britt Mooney
Psalm 139 contains a famous verse: “I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.” We use these words in various contexts, whether with children or for other causes. It encourages us and teaches our inherent value. Yet this verse doesn’t occur alone. The writer places the truth of our intrinsic value within the greater reality of God’s identity and power. Exploring Psalm 139, we see our worth and why God sent his Son to redeem us.
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1 day ago | 
christianity.com | Britt Mooney
Every person looks for love and life, a way to live to bring satisfaction, security, and meaning. We write stories to explore this search, and even commercials leverage our deeper longings to attain a meaningful, happy life. Individuals have this innate need to find their life in something—relationships, career, and more. Despite how people desire a fulfilling life, most don’t find it. Tragically, we look in the wrong places.
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1 day ago | 
crosswalk.com | Britt Mooney
Too often, we talk about God in mystical and supernatural terms, like he just does these amazing or religious things. Yet people need to eat, have a place to live, and wear clothes. Thankfully, truly dealing with theological truth impacts the practical. Lifting our eyes to heaven doesn’t mean God forgets you have needs. In fact, they’re connected. “And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:19).
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3 days ago | 
crosswalk.com | Britt Mooney
Two thousand years ago, after Jesus’ resurrection and ascension, God sent the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost. The world changed afterward. Judaism had a small but certain amount of influence in the ancient world, particularly in Southwest Asia. However, with the birth of the Church, the Gospel of Jesus and the Kingdom spread from Jerusalem to the whole world. A religion no longer bound by borders or racial lineage, Christianity has reached people in nations from the four corners of the world.
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3 days ago | 
crosswalk.com | Britt Mooney
Father’s Day is a holiday that causes a variety of emotions for people. Some have had great fathers and will celebrate the day with a great meal and celebration. Others may have lost their dads, so the day brings a certain amount of sorrow. Or perhaps people have had bad or absent fathers, and they avoid the holiday altogether. God created fatherhood, modeled after himself. The Lord designed each of us to have a great dad. Yet we live in a broken world, corrupt and marred by sin.
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1 week ago | 
christianity.com | Britt Mooney
Hell quickly becomes an uncomfortable topic in Christianity. In the New Testament, the Bible shares the horrors and terrors of an eternal life separated from God. Perhaps it’s meant to make us uncomfortable. More than simple moral blunders, sin is an eternal thing and therefore has eternal consequences. In his love, God shares revelation about such massive forever destruction to help us avoid it.
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1 week ago | 
christianity.com | Britt Mooney
Evangelical Christianity emerged and broke away from its more liturgical, Protestant roots. Evangelicals emphasized greater spontaneity in their services. This took many Christians further away from the original liturgies of the Catholic Church. Over centuries, the Catholic Church developed a legacy of prayers and more to celebrate the faith and pass it down to the next generation. Some of the liturgy comes from sound doctrine and can still encourage people today.
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1 week ago | 
christianity.com | Britt Mooney
Our culture has come to a place of intense discussion and attempted redefinition around words associated with gender and sex. Among these arguments and competing philosophies, many take issue with male-dominated culture in the West and their perception of its effects. The Bible generally connects male terms with God—Father, King, Son, etc. As a result, certain people begin to see Christianity and Scripture as inherently oppressive and anti-women.
