Many of us are familiar with hymns such as “And Can it Be?” and “O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing,” written by Charles Wesley. These and thousands more came after Wesley’s conversion in 1738. Although well versed in the Bible and Christian practice, Wesley had never understood the doctrine of justification by faith alone, which “put a new song” in his mouth. Here, Pastor Bill Kynes takes us through Wesley’s profound spiritual transformation and the new life in Jesus he expressed in in his hymns.

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Barbara Bradley Hagerty, a New York Times best-selling author, says that Christians need to operate on two levels: the human and the spiritual. Just as bifocal lenses allow us to see the “far away” and the “up close”, so must we see things spiritually and humanly at the same time. Spiritual perception—seeing human circumstances from God’s point of view—helps a Christian get past his physical circumstances by knowing that God is sovereign. Are you wearing your bifocals?

Dr. Art Lindsley argues that the greatest crisis facing both culture and the church is the abandonment of absolute truth, warning that relativism erodes our ability to recognize good, evil, and even meaning itself. He notes, “moral relativity is the enemy we have to overcome before we tackle atheism,” a reminder that without shared standards, even our deepest convictions lose their foundation.