August 26th, 2025
As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you: continue in my love. (John 15:5)
Billy Graham recounts a story he had heard about Dr. Karl Barth. Barth was a very influential writer and theologian in the mid 1900's. Graham was known for his powerful and clear preaching...Barth was known for his brilliance in tackling tough and complex theological issues. However a student once asked Barth what the greatest spiritual principle was. His response was surprising: "Jesus loves me this I know, for the Bible tells me so." So simple. So powerful. So easy. So convicting.
Salvation...belief...connecting the Christ...the Christian life...it's all so simple when you break it down. And yet it meets us, challenges us, confronts us amidst the complexities of life. Life isn't always simple, but God's grace and presence is close and immediate. Karl Barth knew that study was important...but there was no substitute for the simplicity of faith!
What are you doing to press into that which you already believe in? There's more!
What are you doing to share that which you already have? There's a need!
What ways does the simplicity of God's grace need to meet the complexity of your life today? There's enough!
Find some way today to embrace the simple in the middle of the complex!
Serve...show up on Wednesday night...talk with Jesus about what's on your heart...do the simple things and see where God is at work!
Billy Graham recounts a story he had heard about Dr. Karl Barth. Barth was a very influential writer and theologian in the mid 1900's. Graham was known for his powerful and clear preaching...Barth was known for his brilliance in tackling tough and complex theological issues. However a student once asked Barth what the greatest spiritual principle was. His response was surprising: "Jesus loves me this I know, for the Bible tells me so." So simple. So powerful. So easy. So convicting.
Salvation...belief...connecting the Christ...the Christian life...it's all so simple when you break it down. And yet it meets us, challenges us, confronts us amidst the complexities of life. Life isn't always simple, but God's grace and presence is close and immediate. Karl Barth knew that study was important...but there was no substitute for the simplicity of faith!
What are you doing to press into that which you already believe in? There's more!
What are you doing to share that which you already have? There's a need!
What ways does the simplicity of God's grace need to meet the complexity of your life today? There's enough!
Find some way today to embrace the simple in the middle of the complex!
Serve...show up on Wednesday night...talk with Jesus about what's on your heart...do the simple things and see where God is at work!
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