Image By Kanye West is a Christian. Let it sink in.1 I have often said that when it comes to humanity the most beautiful things start with a confession of how dark we are inside. My gut reaction to the news of Kanye West’s faith was immediate skepticism. That sentence does not do justice to how ugly that is. We believe as Christians that when someone accepts Christ2, they are a new creation, the old …
Saved From The Mediocre
I have never envied them. Everyone loves a good drama. Child from hardship comes through mistakes, drug addition, and an abusive parent relationship. They step out of that deep darkness into the light, for all of us to see their crucible-refined character. They tell us how they had been bathed in curses thick and black. How the power of God and the light of Jesus broke through their circumstances and showed that divine hands were …
The Gospel and Pleasure
[vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” content_placement=”middle” css=”.vc_custom_1458051052615{background-image: url(https://www.aaronblakeley.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/msp_0601_2840.jpg?id=596) !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] That precious voice of the Gospel that creates not only the universe but paves a path for us to follow that voice. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Gospel is the most wonderful of realities we humans can ever discover the truth we seek. We all feel it the stirring of Good and Evil, right and wrong so what other reality could be satisfying. Jesus Christ met the messianic prophecies perfectly proving that he …