Shadows & Dust

The words of a famous hymnal read “Some though the fire, some through the flood, some through great trials, but ALL through the BLOOD”! This poem is about where I was when Jesus came looking for me. I didn’t know Him, didn’t want Him, didn’t think I needed Him. Thankfully, He knew better. I pray that you may be blessed.

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Come, Let us REASON together!

Debating without Debasing
Darwin                                vs.                                  Jesus 

I hadn’t been on Twitter in a loooong time. My previous experience had totally turned me off to the whole “everyone has a valid voice” pitch of social media. Most of the voices that claimed to be “Prophets in the Wilderness” were simply Predators in the Wild West. Everyone was screaming against something, never for something.

In the little time I’ve been back, I have to say that I have been pleasantly surprised. I’ve had some very honest, open and sincere conversations with believers and non-believers alike: one gentleman in particular was even gracious enough to say that, to have a better-informed conversation, he needed to come back at a later time, after having done some digging.

I encourage all of us, as Christians and non-believers alike, to realize that if we are truly interested in discovering the TRUTH for ourselves and exposing others to it, and not simply proselytizing with our ears clogged, we have to withdraw from name-calling and insults and taking personal offense at other people’s ideas: if we all can at least agree that we share a common humanity than we are all equally capable of understanding: especially the Truths we espouse are so easily and readily accessible. In this very crucial time in our republic and one of the most divisive times in man’s history, let us all find each other in this old and powerful Scripture: “Come, let us reason together”, knowing and believing that “I don’t agree” is not synonymous with “I hate you”.

As Christians we are convinced that Jesus loves sinners because, well, He loves us! Let us therefore debate people’s ideas, not their dignity.

In Jesus’ name, Amen!

Where do our loyalties lie?

There are few things as intense and yet as informative as sitting in New York City traffic. As you’re crawling along at racing-snail speeds and cars volley for a few feet of advantage over each other, your fellow concrete jungle dwellers are constantly sharing some very personal and, at times, intimate insights into their lives. How you say? Bumper stickers! I know, it sounds silly but next time you’re stuck in traffic just take a look around. You’ll see national flags, state flags, family crests, blue donkeys and and red elephants, campaign stickers from election cycles gone-by, Confederate flags, clenched fists, pro-law enforcement, anti-abortion and a whole slew of other tell-tale signs of who the people inside the car profess to be and what they hold dear.

It seems that these days “intersectionality” is the new catch-phrase: the rhetoric of politocians and the messages on tv sway individuals to identify themselves by checking off a series of boxes. They want us to identify by race, color, ethnicity, nationality, political affiliation and all the rest; all in the name of so-called “pride”. The only thing this has accomplished is to make us more polarized and more isolated from each other and erased any progress we may have achieved in these last decades.

But what about us? No, I don’t mean what bumper stickers adorn our back bumpers but “who do we profess to be?”; when people ask us who we are, to which bumper sticker do we refer to? What’s our go-to answer? Do we say “I’m a Met Fan”, or “I’m Italian” or “I’m Democrat”? If someone were to ask us to describe ourselves in five simple words, how far down the list would “Christian” be? Would it even make the list? Would anyone know we were Christians by either our profession of it or the fruits of lives?

Now more than ever, it is imperative that, we as Christians, proclaim who we believe to be and we must be who we claim we are! We must not only have the courage to proclaim who be are in boldness and love but have the strength of character to live out this Christian life in plain sight of all men! Fear of stumbling is not a good reason for not proclaiming to be a Christian. We will most assuredly stumble and fall but, with God’s help, less severely and less frequently as the years go by and as we strive to emulate the One in whom we’ve put our trust.

Our loyalty must be first and foremost to Christ Jesus: He is the only thing that gives our lives meaning and context. Our lives must be, as the apostle Paul wrote “a living epistle, easily read of all men”

So, let us not strive to proclaim our allegiance to Christ through catch-phrases or mere stickers: all those things are ancillary and avoid the central theme that connects them all! We need to proclaim ot through the the open-source testimony of our everyday lives, as we live them for Jesus!

Reckless Love – Cover Release

Hello everyone! Very big day for our family today! We’ve just released our #Reckless_love cover on Youtube. The song is also available on CD Baby. As always, all proceeds go back into the ministry. God bless you all!

Reckless Love

Life More Abundant

Hello Everyone,

Today is July 14th, 2019 and it is our first day on the web! We pray that the material that we make available here is both inspiring as well as thought-provoking and it is a support for your daily walk with Christ Jesus. 

It is our fervent belief and unconditional trust in the Lord that the discussions, poems, podcasts, music and all the other materials you will find here are a consistent source of encouragement and place of restoration from the daily grind of life and the struggles that accompany them. 

Life More Abundant Ministries was born from the desire to break the barriers that we as humans build between each other and around ourselves which the enemy of our soul uses to keep us starved and weak: barriers of denominations and parochialism. It is the mission of this ministry to make available all kinds of resources, to both the mature Believer and the sincere seeker, that will enable them to live a life that is pleasing to God. 

Jesus said to His disciples and the crowd: “I have come to give you Life, and Life in abundance!” However, too often, we as Christians, struggle terribly to live this “overcoming” life: struggles with money, work, home, kids, spouse, and circumstances take up the biggest chunks of our time; God is left with those last few moments at night or those quick few words in the morning as we head out the door. We’re not here to judge, we’ve all been there, saying to ourselves “God knows, He understands”. Yes, God does know, He does understand! But, as the song lyrics teach us “we were made for so much more, but we lost ourselves”.

In these Last Days, His Word has never been more readily accessible and yet so underutilized by Believers and non-believers alike. Also, in the midst of these strange times, never has there been a more public profession of faith by countless millions of believers from all walks of life around the world accompanied by the greatest persecution of the Underground Church in history. Thankfully, God teaches us that it doesn’t have to be that way! We as Christians can do better at proclaiming our faith, defending our faith and living our faith. Life More Abundant’s Mission is to support and strengthen Believers in doing exactly that.

All of our material is aimed, as Ravi Zacharias would say, “helping the ‘thinker’ believe and the ‘believer’ think”! From poems to songs, from lyrics to sermons and books, podcasts and pamphlets on apologetic as well as posts on the challenges of Christian living. We encourage you to bookmark us and join the conversation so as to better equip each other on reaching the fullness of what God has in store for us.  

Just like the Saving Knowledge of Jesus Christ, all of this written material is of course…Free of Charge! We do, however, encourage yo if you can, if you want, to donate any amount to support this ministry. We sustain this work exclusively from God’s Providence through your giving and through our own funds. There’s no obligation and no pressure, simply a desire to bless others with our gifts. It is our prayer that you join us spiritually, emotionally and financially, if possible, to reach, teach and keep souls for Christ in a Life that is more abundant! God bless you!