Bedhead Theology

The prophet Ezekiel declared the word of the Lord, “When I say to the wicked, ‘You will surely die,’ and you do not warn him or speak out to warn the wicked from his wicked way that he may live, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand. 19 Yet if you have warned the wicked and he does not turn from his wickedness or from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered yourself” (Ez 3:18-19). The call from Ezekiel pierces to the heart of the urgency of the task of evangelism. There is a sense of spiritual urgency to reach the lost before it’s too late. No one is guaranteed tomorrow, so we must live with intentionality today. The challenge lies in keeping an eternal perspective amid the deadlines and demands of life. This perspective can only be maintained through continual renewal of faith. Scarborough stated, “Faith in God through Jesus Christ is not only the initial factor in obtaining life for the soul, but is also the ...

  Circumstances in life are volatile and frequently shift like sand. If our joy is tied to them, our joy will be just as unstable. There is this concept called the arrival fallacy. Essentially, the arrival fallacy is the belief that satisfaction is found in the culmination of something: that sought-after promotion, one’s relationship, or the end of a trial. The reality is, true satisfaction isn’t the absence of suffering or the presence of abundance, but gospel hope of the presence of Jesus Christ, who remains constant. He promised to never leave us nor forsake us. True joy lies in tethering our hearts and anchoring our souls to Jesus. Here are three thoughts to encourage and uplift our weary souls that God is enough. The Sufficiency of Grace Paul helpfully shows that “[God’s] grace is sufficient for you, for [His] power is perfected in weakness” (2 Corinthians 12:9). Paul is helpfully showing us that we have weakness and through that God’s grace sustains us, and his power is ...