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God Makes You Sufficient

Posted by Jesse Pingenot in Student

Such is the confidence we have through Christ toward God. Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God, who has made us competent to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit, for the letter kills but the Spirit gives life. –2 Cor 3:4-6   I’ve been thinking about this passage a lot lately. I’ve stepped back from the campus this semester to…

Your Life is a Gospel

Posted by Jesse Pingenot in Student

I’ve heard many students claim they don’t have a powerful testimony. Usually it comes with claims like, “I never really rebelled” or, “My story just isn’t as spectacular as other people’s.” That’s a load of crap. If you are a follower of Christ, if you have accepted Christ’s forgiveness, then you have the Spirit of the living God alive and moving inside you. Such a pure and powerful presence cannot leave a person unchanged. The fact that God lives in…

Love the Unlovable

Posted by Jesse Pingenot in Student

When I was a student, I was an unpleasant person. I was bitter and angry and I snapped at everyone. I was a hurtful person. And I was a hurting person. I’ve had depression since I was a child, and I refused to get treatment—or even acknowledge it—until late in college. I went through middle school as a fat kid with depression. And it left me with deep emotional and psychological scars. It’s no wonder that I started hurting other…