Dear Ray, God’s entire purpose for us is to impart His own life—Zoe—into our being and transform us into the image of His Son. This calling overturns everything we naturally consider important. Christ is not the most important addition to our lives. He is our life. He does not take first place while everything elseContinueContinue reading “Dear Ray: Cross the River and Gain Christ”
Author Archives: Brent Snyder
The God Who Hides Himself
The God who hides Himself has also given Himself. A reflection on unanswered questions, the life of Zoe, and the Father’s purpose to express Christ in the one new man.
The Evil of Christian Culture: When the Things of Christ Replace Christ
How Christian culture, even when centered on good teachings and practices, can replace the living experience of Christ.
What Life Is Supplying Our Defense of Life?
A letter on abortion, vulnerable lives, and the life supplying our response. Will we allow Zoe to become our actual living through listening, practical care, and love that remains when persuasion fails?
What Kind of God Are We Claiming to Represent?
A letter examining claims of Christian politics in the light of Jesus Christ—and asking whether Zoe reaches our loyalties, our use of power, and our care for vulnerable people.
Zoe Has No Political Allegiance
A letter on political allegiance, the confusion of party identity with Christian faithfulness, and Christ as the sole source of our shared life.
When Even Our Dearest Stand in the Place of God
A letter on Christ’s supremacy over marriage and family, the attachments that can occupy His place, and allowing Zoe the whole ground—with quotations from Watchman Nee and Witness Lee.
When “Our Ministry” Becomes the Other Tree
A letter on ministry ambition, the cross, and the danger of preserving a work at the expense of Christ’s life. Will we surrender what we hoped to become so that Zoe may reach others?
Allowing Zoe the Whole Ground
A letter on allowing Zoe, the uncreated life of God, the whole ground in us—from ordinary choices to cherished ministry—and yielding our plans to Christ as our living source.
Give the Church Back to Christ
A call to surrender our ownership of the church and allow Christ to build through His own divine life in His people. Are we pursuing God Himself, or taking His work into our own hands?
