Category: the gospel

• Good Guys and Bad Guys

  There may be exceptions, but I think the tendency is for most of us to identify with either the hero of a story, or, if that’s not possible, with the victim. We don’t want to relate to the bad guy.

  Christie Cole Atkins

  April 11, 2026

  forgiveness, Jesus Christ, the gospel

  Bible as literature, children of God, humility, Jesus Christ, pride, repentance, spiritual blindness

• Behold The Man!

  It is something very dramatic to behold— all the ways that God has reached out to man even after we over-reached by our collective disobedience. God has always been reaching out to us.

  Christie Cole Atkins

  December 19, 2025

  God, Jesus Christ, the gospel

  glory, God and man, grace, Jesus Christ, reaching out, the cross

• How Many Righteous Does It Take?

  They say that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. If you apply this to churches, then a congregation is only as strong as its weakest member. But sometimes God blesses the weak links for the sake of the righteous ones.

  Christie Cole Atkins

  December 6, 2025

  faithfulness, mercy, the gospel

  Bible history, faithfulness, God’s mercy, Messiah, remnant