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When I Started Before The Cross 15 Years Ago

Fifteen years ago, I didn’t start Before The Cross with a strategy. There was no launch plan. No branding roadmap. No five-year vision document. There ...

The Money Series: What Is Money?

Money. What comes to mind for you when you think of money? Maybe you think of how you don’t have enough? Maybe you hate it? ...

We Are Victors, Not Victims

In Christ, you are “more than a conqueror” (Romans 8:37) — not because life is easy, but because nothing can separate you from God’s love. ...

Scripture on Stability

When trials hit our lives or when it seems everything around us is falling apart, we as Christians need daily reminders to be stable. Having ...

How To Know When God Is Talking To You

God speaks primarily through His Word, and anything you sense from Him will never contradict Scripture (2 Timothy 3:16–17). He also speaks through prayer, godly ...

How Can I Know I Am Saved?

You can know you are saved because salvation rests on God’s promises, not your feelings. Scripture says whoever believes in Jesus has eternal life (1 ...

Why Is Faith Without Works Dead?

Faith without works is dead because genuine faith always produces visible fruit (James 2:17). Works don’t earn salvation — we are saved by grace through ...

Scripture on Control

This past week I got sick out of nowhere. I had to miss time from work, miss time from family, and even cancel a trip…all ...

Should We Pray For The Same Thing Over And Over?

Yes — Jesus told the parable of the persistent widow specifically so we would “always pray and not lose heart” (Luke 18:1). Persistent prayer isn’t ...

We Didn’t Choose Jesus, He Chose Us

Jesus said plainly, “You did not choose me, but I chose you” (John 15:16). Salvation begins with God’s initiative, not ours — He loved us ...

5 Ways for Men to Lead Their Family

Biblical leadership at home is servant leadership — loving your wife as Christ loved the church (Ephesians 5:25) and raising children in the discipline and ...

The Lord Will Always Provide

God promises to supply every need of His people “according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:19). His provision doesn’t always match ...

How is Christianity Relevant Today?

Christianity is relevant today because the human problems it answers — guilt, meaning, suffering, death, and the longing to be known and loved — haven’t ...

Why Does a Good God Allow Bad Things to Happen?

The Bible teaches that suffering entered the world through sin (Romans 5:12), not because God is absent or unkind. God permits what He hates to ...

7 Ways to Guard Your Heart

Guarding your heart means protecting the source of everything you do — “for from it flow the springs of life” (Proverbs 4:23). Practically, that looks ...

50 Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die

Jesus’ death was not a tragedy that happened to Him but a purpose He accomplished — “Christ died for our sins in accordance with the ...

Events of the Holy Week – Wednesday

On Wednesday of Holy Week — sometimes called “Silent Wednesday” or “Spy Wednesday” — the Gospels record Judas agreeing with the chief priests to betray ...

What Does The Cross Mean To You?

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). ...

Why Is Repentance Important?

Repentance matters because it is the God-given response that turns us from sin toward Christ, and Jesus said that without it we perish (Luke 13:3). ...

Is Marriage Only Between A Man And A Woman?

The Bible defines marriage as a covenant between one man and one woman, established by God at creation (Genesis 2:24) and affirmed by Jesus (Matthew ...