How and Why Do Christians Try to “Domesticate” Jesus? MY ANSWER David Bryant One of my recent blog posts—“Why the Mission of ChristNow Is So Critical for This Hour”—got some interesting responses. One of them stopped me cold! The reader raised a concern about how often Christians try to “domesticate” Jesus. Why IS that? What does it involve? How does […]
Am I truly person-driven when it comes to my relationship to the person of God’s Son? As a way of life, am I compelled daily not only to know more about him, but also to know him more?
Why Are Many “Evangelicals” Today Not Really Committed to Jesus as Lord? MY ANSWER David Bryant Last month, the renowned Pew Research Center published their shocking discovery about why increasing numbers of Americans are calling themselves “evangelicals” when, in fact, they exhibit little interest in the person of the Lord Jesus Christ himself. This has enormous implications for the status […]
David and Kim Butts, leaders of America’s National Prayer Committee and the national training organization, Harvest Prayer Ministries, have just written a book that answers both questions—and more! Titled Vertical with Jesus: A 30-Day Journey to Impact Kingdom Living, it is full of rich insights and helpful steps.
Sitting in prison, broken and defeated, the Emperor Napoleon made an amazing assessment of Christ.
Why the Mission of ChristNow Is So Critical for This Hour There is a growing crisis inside the Church. Fundamentally, in much of the American Church today, the Lord Jesus Christ has ceased to be the supreme focus of his people. Many call this a “crisis of Christology.” Jesus is treated more like a mascot than a monarch. Christians today […]
Why is it that so many in American churches flee from intimacy with their Lord and Savior. David Bryant offers a compelling alternative perspective.
Puppet Master or Chess Master? How Does King Jesus Reveal His Reign in Your Life? Like Christians everywhere, I’m sure you find great comfort in your walk with the Lord Jesus Christ when you read these words of promise about Jesus in Romans 14 (emphasis added): To their own master, servants stand or fall. And they will stand, for […]
An offer from Salvatore Anthony Luiso Dear friends, if you are a regular visitor to ChristNow.com, you may know that this website is a product of David Bryant and his ministry PROCLAIM HOPE! (You can learn about him and his ministry HERE.) However, you may not know that David has written several books. (You can learn about them HERE.) One […]
What Does Victory in Jesus Over Cancer Ultimately Look Like? David Bryant This blog post is unlike any I’ve ever written. It is more personal, more intimate. I want to share my “conversation” with a lifelong Christian leader who has battled cancer for many months this year. Her name is Nancy Wilson. This past Sunday morning, she went ahead of […]
Editor’s Note: In Part 1, David Bryant concluded: “Christians believe in Jesus Christ not only because we see him ascended and active as Lord of all, but because we see everything else in the universe as it really is through the lens of his spectacular supremacy.” Now in Part 2, he explores the extraordinary spiritual riches this perspective on Jesus brings to everyone who belongs to Jesus.
Editor’s note: One chief reason www.ChristNow.com exists is to reshape and sharpen how God’s people see the full extent of Christ’s supremacy at this very moment so as to seek and serve all we have in him.
My Message About Christ Last Week to the Thousands in Times Square David Bryant Imagine this: You’re standing on a stage erected on the plaza in Times Square in the heart of New York City. Evening is falling. Lights dazzle from all directions. Thousands of people, many from other nations, have come to investigate one of the most famous spots […]
In this second installment, I want to show you the way out of the nightmare scenario we explored in Part 1—the way to reverse the “crisis of Christology” and prepare God’s people to not only survive but also THRIVE for the glory of Jesus in the midst of “The Coming Great Shaking.”
This blog post is adapted from a message I gave in late January to 300 leaders at the 30th annual, 48-hour Pastors’
Prayer Summit in New York City.
JESUS: What if We SEE Him the Way We SAY Him? Salvatore Anthony Luiso [EDITOR’S NOTE: Words clearly matter when it comes to how we speak to others about Jesus. It shapes how they respond to him. But it also matters for you because the ways you refer to Jesus shape the ways you reverence Jesus and respond to him […]
for the Healing of Race Relations in America">Prayer for a Nationwide Christ Awakening for the Healing of Race Relations in America How to Use This Prayer Pray it during your regular morning prayer time. Pray it with your family at the dinner table. Pray it with your Bible study group or Sunday school class. Pray it as a pastoral prayer on a Sunday morning […]
It seems the language of warfare is on the paper’s front page, the news programming on cable TV, and in everybody’s Twitter feed.
Meet Him Again Start your day with a Christ-filled tweet! Would you like to reshape how you see Jesus? How you enjoy him? How you live for him? How he ministers to others through you? Believe it or not, one daily tweet that gives you a greater vision of Christ can deepen your entire relationship with him for the rest […]
FULLY ALIVE TO THE GLORY OF CHRIST What makes “Great Awakenings” extraordinary seasons of “Christ Awakenings”? David Bryant Death Valley is an expansive desert in California, known as the lowest, driest, and hottest location in all of North America. It is a barren, desolate place that holds the record for the highest recorded temperature in the Western Hemisphere—a mere 134 […]
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