New year… same faithful God. Don’t start from scratch—start from grace, walk in hope, and watch out for the subtle traps that try to turn growth into self-salvation. There’s something about a new year that makes us breathe differently. Even if January 1st is just another square on the calendar, it feels  like a threshold. Like the air has been rinsed. Like we get to step forward with a cleaner story than the one we just lived. Some people love that. Some people hate it. (If y

Not every disagreement places us in the judge’s seat. Romans 14 reminds us that Christ—not fellow believers—is the Master before whom we all stand. I’m noticing a trend. And I’m not convinced it’s because the Church has suddenly changed. It might be because I have. As I’ve grown—hopefully more mature in my faith, more grounded in Scripture, and more aware of Church history—I’ve begun to see something that should concern every Christian: our growing inability to disagree witho