FAI's own Director of Pastoral Care, Board member Martin Mallory, sits us down for fatherly wisdom to combat the voices of fear, shame, and pride—voices that are nearly always in our minds, but have been amplified through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreFounder & Co-Director of The Malachi Network, Rich Stevenson offers this guest article to FAI Publishing with a beautiful examination of Jesus' restorative walk with Peter. This simple conversation, and Jesus' simple charge to Peter, illuminates the simple obedience to our God and King required of all disciples.
Read More“Being in a desert (whether figuratively or literally) is far from easy or comforting, but it is rich with spiritual treasure. We have many examples in scripture of the intense trial that can occur in deserts, followed by intense outpouring and provision. What do you get when olives, coconuts, seeds, or nuts are hard pressed on every side until what’s inside of them flows out? In other words, what do you get when good things are crushed?
Oil.”
Read MoreWhat did Mary know about her Son that gave her the confidence to force His hand at a wedding party threatened by profound shame?
Read MoreWhy did Messiah downplay his identity? Why did he hide his miracles? Because He had “an hour.”
Read MoreSon. Cousin. Prophet. Nazarite. Spectacle.
John the Baptist was many things, but a few he was not. What kind of backbone did he forge in the wilderness, and what should we learn from him? How do we “take the Kingdom of Heaven by force”?
Read MorePaul was obsessed with the return of Jesus, even when he knew he wouldn’t be alive to see it happen. He closed his last letter to his beloved son and disciple with exhortations and warnings concerning the end of the age, even knitting his own life of service to “that day” and “His appearing.” Why? Because war ends when Jesus comes. On that great and glorious Day, every son can return home and melt his gun into a plow. Until then, every soldier must work hard, suffer strategically, and ignore, defy, and avoid the entanglements of civilian privilege and luxury “to please the One who enlisted him.” We get to serve our Commander, and we want to feel His smile on our lives.
Read MoreRevelation 21:8 says “But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.” To many, it is a surprise that the cowardly are listed along with murders, sorcerers, and idol worshipers. What makes cowardice so deadly, and why should we treat it seriously? Jesus’ teaching on the Kingdom in the Parable of the Talents offers some surprising insights.
Read MoreI’d like to issue this invitation to you as we leave 2020 for 2021: Come to the table. And bring your buddies. Bring your neighbors. And may He purge us there of everything we still carry but cannot bring into the Promised Land. May He meet us there and “add many to our numbers.” And may the table become a place of humility and repentance, where the Body and Bride of Jesus can prepare the way for the coming King.
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