How does one grow in their knowledge and understanding of Scripture?

To follow Christ means that every area of our lives is submitted to Him. As we surrender every part of ourselves to the Holy Spirit, we are cleansed of ... The call to follow Jesus is a call to forsake everyone and everything other than Him. It's a call to a radical abandonment. It paints a picture of Christian discipleship. It shows what the fruits of His grace look like and what it means to honor Jesus by living “in Him”, as He taught ... Jun 8, 2023 ... At The Crossing, we believe that when we take communion together, Jesus is really, spiritually present in the bread and the wine. Meaning that ... Oct 1, 2024 ... Jesus of Nazareth, as his stories are told in the Gospels, calls us to a oneness and a compassion so antithetical to our partisan divisions that ... May 25, 2021 ... The world meant everything; I wanted my peers to embrace me as I worked toward acquiring the latest and greatest material things. It feels as if ... Jun 5, 2020 ... It means Christ comes before everything else. It does not mean you have to renounce your live. Sometimes you can live a fairly ordinary live ... According to the gospels, very simply, it means to follow Jesus. It doesn't mean to start being perfect; it's not to know every answer to every theological ... Dec 19, 2024 ... So, what does it mean to keep covenants with God? At the risk of over-simplifying, I will mention three things: 1. Keep His commandments. Mar 17, 2024 ... Some Christians understood what Jesus said there to mean that John wasn't going to die until Jesus returned. But that's really not what he was ...