Fear

Immortality in Faith

Faith, Fear, Immortality, Resurrection

Fear of death and the desire for immortality is real. Alcor is a business that markets resurrection. People can pay tens of thousands of…

Fear & Vice

Fear, Insecurity, Trusting God, Vice

Many of us are dealing with insecurities. Maybe God is calling you to something and you’re afraid. It’s okay to be fearful. But ultimately…

No Fear In Love

Fear, Following Jesus, Grace

Love is the result of the grace we’ve been given in Christ—yet we’re often motivated by fear. In an article in Psychology Today, Robert…

Face to Face

Fear of God, Glory, God's Glory, Humbled, Humility, Reverence, Seeing God, Worship

In the 2003 movie Bruce Almighty, a man who is frustrated with God finally gets to meet him. After hearing this news Bruce’s mood…

A Right Fear

Fear, Fear of God, Glory, God's Glory, Honor, Knowing God, Reverence

One major problem that national parks deal with regularly during tourist season is lack of respect (“fear”) for the wild animals in the parks….

Hideaway

Church, Darkness, Evangelism, Hiding, isolation, Light, Others, The World, Witness

Fear divides people into two categories: us and them. This polarized thinking is more combative than missional because of its tendency to isolate. A…

In The Nick Of Time

Fathers, God Our Father, God the Father, God's Care, God's Timing, Good Father, Perfect Timing, Timing

There are plenty of us who are surprised by God’s timing. In most cases, if we’re honest, we don’t like it. We tend to…

Our Fearless Leader

1 Corinthians 15:28, John 18:33-37, John 18:36, Matthew 6:33, Philippians 2:9-11, Psalm 103:19, The Kingdom of God

We often understand a nation or group by their leader. In a kind of shorthand speech, we sometimes even refer to an entire group…

Agents of Change

1 Corinthians 16:13, 2 Timothy 1:7, Bold, Brave, Courageous, Deuteronomy 31:8, Failure, Fear, God's Kingdom, Jeremiah 29:11, Joshua 1:9, Kingdom of God, Purpose

Often, when we decide to be an agent of change for God, fear will rise up against us. Throughout the Scriptures, God encourages his…

Getting Ready

2 Timothy 1:7, Challenges, Confidence, Deuteronomy 31:6, Fear of God, Fear of Man, Isaiah 41:10, Jeremiah 1:17, Joshua 1:9, Perspective, Philippians 4:6-7, Preparation, Proverbs 1:7, Proverbs 19:23, Psalm 27:1, Psalm 34:4, Readiniess, Strength, Victory

Some athletes have bizarre pre-game rituals that get them ready for a game. During the 1998 World Cup, the French team believed that their…

Imposter Syndrome

2 Corinthians 12:10, 2 Corinthians 12:9, Calling, Dependence, Exodus 3:1-17, Fear, God's Strength, Inadequacy, Insecurity, Jeremiah 1:4-19, Jeremiah 29:11, Psalm 147:10-11, Romans 8:26, Sufficiency, Weakness

Have you ever heard of “imposter syndrome”? It’s the persistent fear of being secretly incompetent or inadequate for your job. A lot of us…

Safe In Christ

1 John 4:16, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Fears, Galatians 3:26, God's Love, In Christ, John 3:16, Opposition, Romans 5:8, Romans 8:38-39, Safety, Salvation, Security, Victory

Romans 8:38-39 gives an exhaustive list intended to cover every possible fear we could have—issues of mortality, supernatural forces, time, powers, physical space, anything…

Blessed Are The Persecuted

1 Peter 4:12-14, 2 Timothy 3:12, Church, Eternity, Faith, John 15:18, Love, Luke 6:22, Matthew 5:10, Persecution, Perseverance, Religious Freedom, Remembrance, Shelter, Suffering

In a review from Christianity Today on the book They Say We Are Infidels: On the Run from ISIS with Persecuted Christians in the…

Living Without Fear

1 John 4:18, Boundaries, Condition, Emotion, Fear, Inability, Isaiah 41:10, Joshua 1:9, Limits, No Fear, Proverbs 29:25, Psalm 56:3, Trusting God, Unique, Urbach-Wiethe Disease

What would you do if you had no fear? “NPR podcast Invisibilia tackled that question in its second episode by talking to Antonio Damasio, a…

Fearing God First

Conscience, Counsel, Deuteronomy 6:24, Faith, Fearing God, Fearing Man, Feelings, God's Standard, Isaiah 33:6, Knowing God, Obedience, Proverbs 10:27, Proverbs 15:16, Psalm 112:1, The Law

Ed Welch is a Christian counselor known for his work at the Christian Counseling and Education Foundation. One of his most popular books is…

Restricted Faith

2 Corinthians 3:12, Acts 28:31, Acts 4:29, Acts 4:31, Boldness, Ephesians 3:12, Evangelism, Fear, Government, Laws, Oppression, Persecution, Privilege, Religious Freedom, Triumph

In summer 2016, Russia passed a packet of laws that more tightly restricted missionary activity and evangelism. Russian Christians fear enforcement of those laws….

In Awe and Wonder

Awe, Fear of the Lord, Genesis 28:17, His greatness, Isaiah 33:6, Job 28:28, Love, Proverbs 14:26, Proverbs 15:33, Proverbs 9:10, Psalm 111:10, Psalm 2:11, Psalm 33:8, Psalm 65:8, Wonder

“To ‘fear the Lord,’ biblically, means to be in awe and wonder of His greatness and love” (Timothy Keller [@timkellernyc], Twitter, November 22, 2017,…

Childlike Faith

1 Chronicles 16:23-31, Child-like, Children, Delight, Faith, Honest, Isaiah 29:13, Joyful, Mark 10:13-16, Matthew 18:1-14, Matthew 18:3, Matthew 19:4, Matthew 21:16, Prayer, Proverbs 22:6, Psalm 99, Romans 10:17, Thanksgiving, Worship

God wants us to come to Him in prayer, worship, and thanksgiving with childlike faith—simple, honest, with no fear of getting it wrong. He…

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