1 Samuel 8:19-20“We want a king over us. Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to lead us and to go out before us and fight our battles.”Every sibling remembers wanting what their brother or sister had. It was a Christmas gift, a bigger piece of cake, the front seat in the car, or a pair of shoes. Honestly, it might not have been any better than what you already had. But they had...  Read More

You Will Know the Truth: How Jesus Rewrites Our Way of KnowingINTRODUCTION: The following is a guide to help facilitate discussion between you and the person you’re studying with or with your Connect Group. Feel free to add, subtract, or change questions to fit the conversation, and pray for the Spirit to lead in all things.OPEN:  Icebreaker: Share about a time when you genuinely thought you under...  Read More

The Freedom of a New Way of KnowingJohn 8:36 Freedom is not a feeling. It is not a personality trait. It is not even the absence of constraints. Freedom, in the language of Jesus, is the experience of being fully aligned with truth — truth that is embodied in Him. “Whom the Son sets free,” Jesus says, “is free indeed.” Freedom is living in the truth of who God is, who you are, and who others are. ...  Read More

Seeing the World Through ChristColossians 1:15–17 Paul eventually writes one of the most breathtaking statements in all of Scripture: “Christ is the image of the invisible God… and in Him all things hold together.” This is not abstract theology; it is the testimony of a man whose entire way of seeing has been remade. Christ becomes Paul’s interpretive lens. Everything that once made sense apart fr...  Read More

New Sight, New KnowingJohn 8:31–32 Jesus does not separate knowing from abiding. He does not say, “If you study enough, you will know the truth,” or “If you get the doctrine right, you will know the truth.” He says, “If you abide in My word… you will know the truth.” Truth is not the reward for mastering Christian information. It is the fruit of living in the presence of Christ. This is a radicall...  Read More

The Gift of Not Seeing ClearlyActs 9:8–9 When Paul opens his eyes after encountering Jesus, he can’t see. Literal blindness becomes a symbol for the collapse of his internal way of knowing. It’s as though Jesus presses “reset” on Paul’s vision — a holy pause between the world he once knew and the world he is about to see. Most of us resist seasons where clarity disappears. We feel anxious when ans...  Read More