New Identity Magazine

ARE CHRISTIANS JUST NICE PEOPLE OR NEW PEOPLE?

Délice Williams — Tue, 17 Feb 2015 18:55:13 +0000

Photo Credit: Leandro Mocca @ Flickr (CC) I’m a huge fan of makeovers. I could spend hours watching rooms, houses, and people being rehabbed, dressed up, spruced up, or slimmed down. My dream cable TV station would be The Makeover Channel, featuring all makeovers all the time. I’d binge watch past episodes of What Not to Wear, The Biggest Loser, and Extreme Makeover (home and body editions).

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Loving God by Loving Others

Matthew Hamilton — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 19:56:35 +0000

Photo Credit: Chris Ford @ Flickr (CC) [dropcap]W[/dropcap]e use the word love frequently, often without thought. We say we love pizza from a certain pizzeria. We say we love a certain television show and take time out of our schedule to make sure we don’t miss it. We often say we love a certain holiday, such as Christmas or Easter, but often care more about the celebration than the reason for…

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WHEN THINGS GO WRONG

Lindsey A. Frederick — Mon, 19 Jan 2015 18:10:44 +0000

Photo Credit: Lauren Rushing @ Flickr (CC) Some things in life are not easy, like eating with chopsticks, doing math in your head, or cooking something other than microwave popcorn for dinner. Then there’s the really hard stuff, like figuring out which college to attend or which career to choose. The Apostle Paul tries to encourage us in Romans by explaining that trials help us develop…

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COLOR-CODED CULTURE

Aaron D. Conley — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 17:54:13 +0000

Photo Credit: Brett Davies @ Flickr (CC) Being a parent in the 21st century is an act of faith. My wife and I are raising two young boys, ages 4 and 8. As our boys grow, we become more and more aware of the enormous responsibility we have to teach them to be human persons. The task requires us to learn for ourselves what it means to be human, which often includes unlearning what the world has…

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WHAT DOES DISCIPLESHIP MEAN?

Nicholas Sowell — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 17:51:16 +0000

When I became a Christian, I didn’t know what discipleship was, and in all honesty, years after giving my heart to the Lord, I still didn’t. After five years as a follower of Jesus, the senior pastor of my church took me under his wing. He was an example of a mature Christian in my life, and he was intentional about giving me time, allowing me to ask questions, and helping me make good decisions.

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The Light of Christ

Steven Butwell — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 22:15:51 +0000

Photo Credit: d3n3v3r @ Flickr (CC) I was afraid of the dark as a kid. But when the light came on and I could see again, I wasn’t afraid any more. That is what Jesus did for this world. Where it was once consumed by darkness, Jesus flooded it with light. With Jesus as the light in our lives, we can see and not be afraid. In John 8:12 (ESV), Jesus says, “I am the light of the world.

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Christmas SPIRIT Foundation

Veronica Felipe — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 22:09:50 +0000

Photo Credit: USMC Archives @ Flickr (CC) The Christmas SPIRIT Foundation’s flagship program is Trees for Troops. Since its inception in 2005, CSF and FedEx have partnered to provide more than 139,000 fresh farm-grown trees. FedEx delivers trees to 69 military bases all over the world. Military families in 28 states have received doses of Christmas spirit from the Trees for Troops program.

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SPREADING A LITTLE KINDNESS

Sarah Mariano — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 22:06:44 +0000

Photo Credit: Ivan Dervisevic @ Flickr (CC) My first year of college, I was stressed. I didn’t know how I was going to afford tuition, I didn’t have a job lined up, and I didn’t have any clue how I would have time to get it all done. I went grocery shopping with a few people I had met recently, and the whole time I was filled with worry about how I was going to get a job and how much of my…

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Prodigal

Ramon Mayo — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 22:22:32 +0000

Prodigal is a foreign word to our ears. It means “overwhelmingly wasteful.” If you have ever been in church circles, the word may conjure up an image of a young man in tattered rags. “Prodigal” may also bring to mind a person who has gone astray from faith in God, one who for whatever reason is no longer following Jesus. This is because the word is associated with a story Jesus told in Luke 15:11…

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