Disclaimer: Christianity is NOT conservatism. God created and institutes governments. These governments should install His morality, for it is good, right, and prosperous. Political conservatism has been a longtime ally to Christians and vice versa, though they are not fundamentally intertwined worldviews. A Christian can be a political conservative and vice versa, but there are plenty of godless conservatives and … Read More
Isolated But Not Alone
WRITTEN BY DOMONIQUE LUCIO, a member of The Response Church. We are in a time of uncertainty. Daily news updates are becoming more and more concerning as COVID-19 spreads rapidly. We have slowly started to distance ourselves from friends and family trying to do our parts in stopping this virus from spreading. As I talk to friends, family, and coworkers, … Read More
Recommended Reading for Moms
Here is a book list that was compiled by some mothers in our church that we hope will be a blessing to you. There are three recommended books listed under each category, along with a brief review for each one. We consider these books to be helpful and they have borne fruit in the parenting of each of these mothers. However, … Read More
Christian Contentment
“Christian contentment, therefore, is the direct fruit of having no higher ambition than to belong to the Lord and to be totally at His disposal in the place He appoints, at the time He chooses, with the provision He is pleased to make.” Sinclair B. Ferguson If you would have asked me 5 years ago, I would have absolutely said … Read More
Spiritual Warfare: The Rebellion Against The Rebellion
The topic of spiritual warfare has brought cramps to the writing hand of saint, sinner, hero and heretic alike! Millions upon millions of pages have been spent writing commentary on this topic that could better function as a thinly sliced Italian lunch meat between two loaves of bread: a bunch of bologna. With the sheer amount of superstition, fantasy, nuttiness … Read More
Becoming Women of the Word
One of the reasons why we struggle to read the Bible for all it’s worth is because many us don’t even know who the Bible is really about. We need to learn to read the Bible as a book about God, not a book about us. This might sound elementary, but often times I come to God’s word wanting to … Read More
Pornography and the Importance of Belief
When reflecting on my life, pornography looms like a dark cloud, casting shadows of doubt, despair, and fear over the state of my soul. These fears led me to what I thought for most of my life was the day of my salvation. I saw that I was sinning, I saw I needed grace, and I knew I needed saving. … Read More
False Assurance of Salvation: A Prevalent Problem in the American Church
Paul says in 2 Corinthians 7:9-10: “As it is, I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because you were grieved into repenting. For you felt a godly grief, so that you suffered no loss through us. For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death.” I “asked Jesus into my heart” at the age … Read More
Why Do We Sin?
I know I’m not supposed to sin. I realize it is going against God’s perfect design.” So, why do I? I would argue from both experience and scripture that we sin because we believe a lie. And not just a lie, but the lie behind the lie. In Genesis, we encounter the story of the fall. The woman is standing … Read More
5 Reasons For Belonging To A Local Church
The New Testament contains at least five strands of evidence for local church membership. Each one reveals something vital to Christian Faith which would be minimized or denied if there were no definable local church membership. 1. DISCIPLINE Church membership is implied by the way the church is supposed to discipline its members. The church appears to be the final … Read More