Far too many Christians still serve in the old way of the law instead of the new way of the Holy Spirit. Even after we choose to follow Christ, somehow our lives start to become a performance of if we are having a good day or a bad day, when
“In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins” (1 John 4:10). These Bible verses about love start where love starts — with God — and follow it outward: love one another (1
We appreciate and want to thank the supporters of Before The Cross this April. Not only do our supporters help make this site possible, but we are partnered together to glorify God by sharing the love of Christ! Each supporter offers something unique in regards to ministry and we would
The cross is where Jesus took the penalty our sin deserved so that we could receive the righteousness we could never earn (2 Corinthians 5:21). It is the center of Christianity — justice and mercy meeting in one act of love. This post asks the question every person must answer:
As a child, I lived Denver, Colorado for several years. Bungalows and Tudor-style homes lined our block. Each home had a front porch and it wasn’t uncommon for neighbors to visit each other on cooler spring and summer evenings. There were advantages and disadvantages. On one hand, we knew who
