New Identity Magazine

Dreaming Big

Lara Tovmassian — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 16:58:18 +0000

Photo Credit: Spenser Marie @ Flickr (CC) Every Christian has the opportunity to do something bold for Christ. As sojourners in a fallen world, we are surrounded with endless opportunities to impact those around us with the Gospel. Christ’s Great Commission challenges us to make disciples of the nations and proclaim the name of the Lord to all. Rebecca Fuller and Jessica McBride…

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Project HOPE Art

Matthew Hamilton — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 16:54:02 +0000

Photo Credit: Manny Hernandez @ Flickr (CC) The creative process of making visual art is often its most significant benefit especially for the artists themselves. Visual art is a means of expression that can leave a lasting impact, because it is not fleeting like a song but can be looked upon over and over, with each pair of eyes bringing their own perspective to the piece in addition to…

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OLD HABITS DIE HARD

Lara Tovmassian — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 20:44:21 +0000

Photo Credit: JohnONolan @ Flickr (CC) “As he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct” (1 Peter 1:15). As believers, we often misread this verse. We replace the word ‘holy’ with the word ‘perfect’ and throw our hands up in defeat. C.S. Lewis says “Every Christian is to become a little Christ. The whole purpose of becoming a Christian is simply nothing else.” This notion…

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Music of the Heart

Sara Napier — Mon, 14 Oct 2013 17:21:54 +0000

Photo Credit: Spenser Marie @ Flickr (CC) I have been playing the bass guitar for nearly a decade. I began when I was a teenager and over time have learned to play from the different styles and techniques of musicians I admire. It took a few years and a lot of practice to get where I am and stay focused on where I am going but today I am happy to say music is still a huge part of my life.

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A DIFFERENT KIND OF NEIGHBOR

Lindsey A. Frederick — Mon, 07 Oct 2013 20:32:44 +0000

Photo Credit: UrbanGrammar @ Flickr (CC) They say good fences make good neighbors, but I say that all depends on your definition of neighbor. My childhood neighbors consisted of a gossip and the crabby couple in the houses behind mine, and a troubled five-year-old boy across the street. There was also my Barbie-playing-buddy next door. We had a give-and-take relationship—she took off to play…

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Lord of All

Erica Mongé-Greer — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 19:53:22 +0000

Photo Credit: Matt Katzenberger @ Flickr (CC) The first commandment in Exodus 20 establishes for the people of Israel, who are newly without certain governance, having been successfully and miraculously led out of their situation of slavery in Egypt, the fact that their new situation is under God. First of all, and most importantly, the Israelites are to understand that Yahweh (LORD) is the…

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ABIDE

Ramon Mayo — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 19:47:52 +0000

What does it mean to abide? The dictionary defines abiding as staying, living, or dwelling. When the Bible speaks of abiding it usually speaks of abiding in someone rather than something. It usually speaks of abiding in Christ. And totally boggles the mind. Our minds can comprehend staying with someone or near someone. When it comes to staying or living in someone, that is beyond our understanding.

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RELATIONSHIP REBOOT

Nicholas Sowell — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 19:45:00 +0000

Photo Credit: Brian Wolfe @ Flickr (CC) I gave my life to Christ on Christmas Eve, 1994 in Riverside, California at Harvest Church. Harvest Church is better known statewide for its “Harvest Crusade” festivals every year that pack the Anaheim Angels baseball stadium. The senior pastor, Greg Laurie, leads the meetings every year by bringing the same “why we’re in need of salvation” message that…

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In a Field Longing to Be Fed

Steven Butwell — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 15:00:15 +0000

Photo Credit: lauren rushing @ Flickr (CC) The Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost (Luke 19:10), and at nineteen, I was utterly lost. Jesus found me on Friday, March 12, 2004 at 4:10 PM. I encountered him face to face in a vision. Shortly after I became a Christian I moved to California to grow in my faith. After four months I knew a lot about Jesus, but I didn’t know him.

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RECOVERING EDEN

Délice Williams — Wed, 28 Aug 2013 21:04:34 +0000

The first earthly paradise, according to Genesis, was a garden. Chapter 2 of the first book of the Bible tells us that after God created his perfect universe “and saw that it was good,” he made the pinnacle of his creation–human beings. God then “planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed. And out of the ground the Lord God made every tree grow that is pleasant…

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