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In Genesis 17, God appears to Abram when he is ninety-nine years old and says something that many of us have misunderstood for a long time: “I am God Almighty; walk before Me, and be thou perfect.” When we read the word perfect , we often think of flawlessness, moral performance, or never making mistakes. But the Hebrew word used there is tamiym , and it does not primarily mean flawless performance. It means whole, complete, entire, sound, intact . It is a word used for things that are not broken, not divided, not lacking. So when God told Abram, “Walk before Me and be tamiym,” He was not telling Abram to try harder. He was calling Abram into wholeness . This reminds me of the way God speaks in Genesis 1. When the earth was dark and formless, God said: “Let there be light.” He did not say, “Try harder to become light.” He did not say, “Work toward becoming light.” He said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. God speaks in a way that creates what He commands . So when He says to...

There are times when we find ourselves trying to figure out how to get God to move in our lives. Maybe we fasted. Maybe we prayed longer. Maybe we gave more. Maybe we resisted something difficult. Those things are not bad. In fact, many of them are good. But if we’re honest, sometimes we quietly trace our steps afterward trying to figure out what worked. “Was it the fasting?” “Was it the prayer?” “Was it the giving?” And before long, it can start to feel like we’re trying to discover a formula. But Jesus said something that reframes everything: “This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.” — John 17:3 Eternal life is not defined as getting something from God. It is knowing God . Not knowing about Him. Not knowing religious systems or practices. Knowing Him. Knowing Our Father When Jesus came preaching, His message began with a simple announcement: “Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.” Repentance is often misunderstood...

I grew up in a public housing project. What I saw around me became what I expected for my life. I expected to die young. I accepted that I would probably go to jail every couple years, for a couple years.  While that isn’t much of a vision, it was what I saw for my life. It made sense to me because it was what I saw. Then I found myself in jail again—for the third time in three years. But this time was different. This time I was facing a life sentence. You can do a couple years over and over. You can’t keep doing twenty-five year sentences.  And suddenly the future I thought I understood was gone. The outcome I was facing exceeded what I expected. So I began examining things. My life. My choices. What I believed about myself and what I believed about God. And slowly, a different vision began to emerge—one based on hope and purpose and possibility. That’s when the words of Jesus stood out to me: “All things are possible to those who believe.” So I began to believe. I began to d...

I was talking with my mom the other day about how often Scripture says things that people already say in the “secular” world—just in a different language. And it struck me: The issue isn’t that people don’t believe biblical truth. It’s that the language has been hijacked. Over time, biblical words have become religious code. Insider language. Words that mean something , but don’t always reach where they should. Not because the truth is weak—but because the translation is off. Every time that happens, truth stays locked behind vocabulary instead of being released into life. Same truth. Different language. Take Genesis for example. God blesses humanity and says, “Be fruitful.” Most of us have heard that so often we don’t stop to ask what it actually means. But “be fruitful” isn’t a task—it’s a condition. To be full of fruit . Alive. Overflowing. Fast forward to the New Testament and Paul talks about being full of the Spirit , and about the fruit of the Spirit . Same reality. Different l...