How we think about God and our world is critical for living in the story He has for us. These articles by Ron Tewson will challenge you to consider and reconsider your understanding of God,  deepen your faith, and build your confidence.

Hurricane Michael hit the panhandle of Florida in October of 2018, destroying nearly everything in its path and doing extensive damage to Mexico Beach. As the news networks converged to cover the story, I remember a CNN feature about a house that was still standing when all those around it had been leveled. The first question they asked the owners was this: "Why did your house survive?" Their answer told the story: "We put a lot of work into it. [When building it] we paid att

Most people have a hard time believing God—or anyone else, for that matter—really loves them. Our daily interactions confirm our suspicion that love is conditional, must be earned, and can be lost if performance falls below expectations. Yet what we find in Jesus is something very different. Rather than making us earn His love, He moves in and earns it for us. This sounds way too good to be true because it's counter to our human experience, but these words tell the story: For

It’s common for electronic devices to come with programmed default settings from the factory. If we want them to respond differently, they have to be reprogrammed. Each of us comes from the womb with a boatload of default settings that affect how we think and live. But many of these don’t work as followers of Jesus and need to be reprogrammed if we are to step into the life He has for us. Redemption is at the core of who Jesus is. Sin—trusting our ways over God’s and walking

The other day I read a great article encouraging churches to be more intentional about reaching children with the life-changing message of Jesus. It quoted the Barna Group’s report that what people believe by the age of 13 will likely stick with them the rest of their lives, and that unbelieving adults over 19 have just a 6% probability of becoming Christians. International Bible Society added their findings that 83% of Christians make their first commitment to Jesus by the t

We all think we deserve more: it’s an entitlement thing. But when was the last time we stopped to ask ourselves why we have so much? While there’s no question there are those with more, most of the eight billion people on our planet have less. Why is this? Does God love us more than others? There’s an interesting little phrase in the New Testament that's often connected to God's blessing: so that. What it's telling us is that God blesses us not only for our own benefits but s

The disciples were flying high as they celebrated the Passover a few days after Jesus' rock star entrance into Jerusalem. It was a night to remember! But when they later walked to a garden that evening, things went terribly wrong. Soldiers appeared from the darkness, seized Jesus, and took Him to the home of the high priest for a long night of interrogation. The next morning found Him before the Roman authorities, and before the day slipped into darkness, His lifeless body ha