Tag: Oli Stevens

Grace Shaped Lives, part 13. The gospel changes the way we see ourselves. In this, our identity comes before our behaviour. As one changes, the other follows.

Gehazi wanted to be just like Naaman. He wanted his wealth, his power, and his importance. When he went after those things, he got Naaman’s leprosy too.

When we think about what’s wrong with the world, we can often think of many things. The problem is usually ‘out there’. But how often do we recognise that the real problem is right inside of us?

Grace Shaped Lives, part 6. There’s a tendency in our human nature to pursue happiness through our outward circumstances, rather than finding contentment through our position in Christ.

Grace Shaped Lives, part 4. You know the gospel is at work when people stop building their identity on human glory and instead build it on the glory of Jesus Christ.

Grace Shaped Lives, part 1. For Paul, the gospel isn’t just the entry point to Christianity, but the power and pattern for our entire lives.

Re-formed, part 14. Recreation is the destiny of the world. Not destruction. Not abandonment. But Renewal.

Re-formed, part 12. God doesn’t just save you to restore you. He does it to include you in something global, that’s growing, and will recreate the entire universe.

Re-formed, part 11. The resurrection is God’s joyful announcement: the world is being remade, and his people are sent to proclaim it.