Blake Long

“People in awe never complain that church is boring.” (RC Sproul) The gathering of God’s people—what we know as church—is a beautiful thing. It’s the furthest thing from boring, and yet that’s what many people say when explaining why they do not go to church. Those who usually deem church…

I love reading—but I didn’t always enjoy it. I recently told somebody that the only reason I began to love to read is because God saved me. Once the Lord captured me, I had the insatiable desire to devour all books in my path—some good, some bad, some great.  Because…

“Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.” (Psalm‬ ‭139:16‬) Death is a horrific, awful, tragic thing. We all deal with death since it’s simply a part of…

Philippians 2 is one of many chapters in sacred Scripture that should make us freeze in awe. The Apostle Paul begins with a few words of instructions—words that, if we have “ears to hear,” will certainly convict. “Do nothing our of selfish ambition or conceit,” he says in verse 3,…

when we are slandered, we respond graciously. Even now, we are like the scum of the earth, like everyone’s garbage.” (1Corinthians‬ ‭4:13‬ ‭CSB‬) The world hates Christians—it’s not hard to see. Yes, there are some who are indifferent to us, the ones who say, “I don’t mind you being a Christian…

“A person should think of us in this way: as servants of Christ and managers of the mysteries of God.” (1 Corinthians‬ ‭4:1‬ CSB) The Bible speaks of the “mysteries of God.” But what does that mean? To put it simply, the mystery of God is His plan for all…

We have lost our wonder; we have misplaced our awe. In an age when we use the term awesome so flippantly, it’s easy to understand we’ve lost the gravitas of the word. In short, we are not beholding as we should. In his book Behold: An Invitation to Wonder (Christian…

It was eighth grade. I was on my way to class when I noticed a girl fell down and dropped all of her books. My gut reaction was to help pick up books, so that’s what I did. She had another person helping her up in the process. As much…

“And he went up on the mountain and called to him those whom he desired, and they came to him.” (Mark‬ ‭3:13‬ ‭ESV‬‬) I know it makes us uncomfortable, but the Bible does not shy away from using God-centered language when mentioning our salvation. And in the above passage, it…