Do you really wish to claim this Christ and his way? Is this truly what you believe about the world? And are you now ready to imagine what bearing this Christ-life into the world looks like now ?

Do you believe in God, the Father Almighty?

We believe.

Do you believe in Christ Jesus, the Son of God, who

was born of the Virgin Mary, and was crucified under

Pontius Pilate, and was dead and buried, and rose

again the third day, alive from the dead, and ascended

into heaven, and sat at the right hand of the Father,

and will come to judge the living and... See more

Should we expect to be forsaken—by God or the world or both?

Yes, perhaps by the world—and we will feel forsaken by God. But in Christ, we never actually are. The pattern of the faithful is not to avoid the pit, but to find God there—even when it seems He’s gone. That’s the paradox of Psalm 88 and the passion of Jesus: the dark is not the end. It is... See more