Righteousness: Given to You and Grown Within You

From the time I was eight years old, some sixty years now, I have been going to church. I was one of those who went Sunday morning, Sunday night, Wednesday […]
Mirage #1: I Want God to Love Me by Affirming My Decisions
When we want God to love us, what exactly are we asking of Him? This video based on Daniel McCoy’s Mirage: 5 Things People Want from God That Don’t Exist […]
When You Worry, Remember God Is at Work

“Therefore I tell you: Don’t worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than […]
End Times: Five Essentials and Five Views

We at RENEW.org believe that Jesus is coming back to earth in order to bring this age to an end. Jesus will reward the saved and punish the wicked, and […]
Sermon on the Mount: Hunger and Thirst

*Editor’s Note: This is the eighth article in a 13-part series on the Beatitudes. Here’s the complete list of articles in the series: Who Does Jesus Think He Is? Crowds […]
A New Year…in the Eyes of the Lord

I have had the same New Year’s resolution for the past several years: read through the Bible in the year. The first time I did this from start to finish […]
Try to Avoid a Star Wars Christmas

After its underwhelming prequels (Episodes 1-3), Star Wars seemingly came back to life with Episode 7 in 2015. But the most notable rise for Star Wars (more notable even than […]
God Is the Healer of Your Wounds

One of the many names of God is Jehovah Rapha, which means “the God who heals.” In Hebrew the word rapha means to make whole, to completely mend and repair. […]