Faith that Glorifies God by Jayan

Sola Fide. Those words, said by the famous Reformation father Martin Luther, describe how we are saved as Christians: by faith alone. This faith is often erroneously viewed as something to be proud of. However, as seen in Ephesians 2:8, faith is purely a gift. We deserve no accolades for being saved. This gift was given for the main purpose of bringing God, the Giver of the Gift, glory.

So what exactly is faith? Fortunately, this is not a definition that ….

Suffering for the Truth by Jayan

None of us like suffering. If we do, we think of ourselves as having some sort of phsychiatric disorder. But, as Christians, we cannot avoid suffering. Christ told his apostles that they would suffer in Matthew 10:18-20. He didn’t say, “But if they arrest you.” He said “But when they arrest you.” It’s a certainty that we will suffer spiritually, physically, and emotionally for proclaiming God to the world. We suffer for God, and it isn’t a bad thing. On ….

ArrowUp by Ben

Hello, and welcome to the Arrow Up blog. Arrow Up, or AU for short, is a blog devoted to encouraging and teaching Christian teens around the world to stand up for what they believe and draw closer to the Creator of the Universe. We the authors, Ben and Jayan, are just average teens from the USA trying to “run the race” (Hebrews 12:1). This blog is a way for us to share our discoveries from the word of God and ….