Do you have hope? I believe with my whole being that our Christian hope is as solid as the rock on which it’s grounded—the resurrected Christ.  As Christians, we’re born to a living hope. The soft sound of sandaled feet is as real today as it was in the first century.  The One who conquered death is our great hope, and he has secured for us a great future.

Sometimes, we see sharing our faith as scary. Hugh and Kathy Ross see it as an adventure! Join Hugh and Kathy Ross on this episode of Steve Brown, Etc. as they talk about their adventures in the faith. Listen as they share their own thrills and challenges of being a Christian and always being ready to give an answer for the hope they have.

We live in the paradox of being “alive” but also very dead at the same time.

So many of us try our best to follow Christ’s example in all we do. And do you know the result? We just end up tired and frustrated. It’s been said so many times, but it’s true: The Christian life isn’t difficult; it’s impossible. It’s been lived by only one person, Jesus Christ. If it’s lived by you, it will only be because Jesus Christ lives it through you.

They needed, as he again confirms in 1 Peter, the simple gospel milk to nourish them: “Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation—” (I Peter 2:2).

Who are you? And where do you find your worth? If your identity is based on God’s love and grace, it makes all the difference in the world. Take a moment to draw away with Steve’s devotional.

Maybe some Christians with their underwear on too tight left you with a bad taste in your mouth when it comes to faith. Kendra Fletcher’s here, on Steve Brown, Etc., to talk about learning to love God, others, and yourself again after a bad religious experience, which is the topic of her new book, Leaving Legalism.