Category: Identity in Christ

There’s More to Identity than You May Think

Posted on January 23, 2024January 23, 2024 by Paul Tautges

My adult children all have three-lens cameras built into their phones. The multiple lenses enable them to zoom in on our grandbabies’ adorable faces, get a wide-angle view of an ocean sunset, and capture better images in low-light conditions. The

Hope + Help for Embracing Your Complete Identity in Christ

Posted on December 20, 2023December 20, 2023 by Paul Tautges

Hope + Help Podcast · Hope + Help for Christian Identity with Paul Tautges In this new podcast episode of the Hope + Help Podcast, host Christine Chappell and I discuss what it means to embrace our complete identity in

Don’t Forget to Put on the Belt of Love

Posted on September 7, 2023September 7, 2023 by Paul Tautges

My parents were attentive to how their six children dressed when we went out in public. They were not excessively picky or smothering, but they wanted us to appear shipshape. For example, when we were getting ready for school or

RESOURCES: Identity in Christ

Posted on August 15, 2023December 20, 2023 by Paul Tautges

Here are some resources that may help you grow in your own walk with Christ, and to minister grace and truth to others. There are many more Resource List links in the right-hand margin of this homepage. BOOKS PODCASTS BLOGS

You Are No Longer Condemned

Posted on May 12, 2023May 12, 2023 by Paul Tautges

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. Rom. 8:1-2 Every Christian wrestles against

REMADE: My New Book Is Now Available for Pre-Order!

Posted on March 22, 2023April 25, 2023 by Paul Tautges

Yesterday, I shared the beautiful cover of my forthcoming book to be released in September. This is my second book with P&R Publishing, the ones who produced my bestselling 31-day devotional, Anxiety: Knowing God’s Peace. REMADE: Embracing Your Complete Identity

You Will Never Be Independent

Posted on February 20, 2023February 20, 2023 by Paul Tautges

Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.” – John 6:35 All good gifts, beginning with life itself, come from God. You will

Will You Pray for Me as I Finish My Next Book?

Posted on July 25, 2022July 25, 2022 by Paul Tautges

Dear reader and friend, The fact that you are reading this post is a great encouragement. For me, writing is a necessity—a means to personal growth and soul survival in this fallen world. It’s part of the way God has

We Are Reflectors of God’s Glory

Posted on June 20, 2022June 20, 2022 by Paul Tautges

…so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory. (Eph. 1:12) So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. (1 Cor.

You Are Justified By God and Before God

Posted on February 17, 2022March 6, 2022 by Paul Tautges

For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. 2 Cor. 5:21 The greatest exchange the world has ever seen is this: Jesus traded our

You Are a Redeemed Sinner

Posted on October 13, 2021October 12, 2021 by Paul Tautges

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree” Galatians 3:13 Have you ever redeemed something? Have you ever bought back something

NUGGETS OF WISDOM (October 9)

Posted on October 9, 2021October 28, 2021 by Paul Tautges

Here are some nuggets of wisdom to help you grow in grace and truth as you minister God’s Word to one another. “Wisdom is worth more than silver; it brings more profit than gold” (Prov. 3:14). The CCEF Conference online

Forty-Two Identity Markers for Every Christian

Posted on November 4, 2020November 4, 2020 by Paul Tautges

As believers in Jesus Christ it’s easy to lose our bearings when we forget who we are. This is every Christian’s identity crisis. The answer is for us to recognize the false identities that have robbed us of our joy,

Resting in “It Is Finished”

Posted on August 21, 2020August 21, 2020 by Paul Tautges

If you are a regular reader of this blog then you may have noticed one of many threads that have frequently run through my posts this past year; that is, spiritual rest comes from focusing on our identity in Christ.

What Is a Saint?

Posted on January 18, 2017November 18, 2021 by Paul Tautges

If you were to ask the average person to name someone in their lifetime whom they considered to be a saint, one name that you would surely hear is Mother Teresa. Mother Teresa was a Roman Catholic nun who dedicated

Pastor, Don’t Let One Critic Control Your Preaching

Posted on February 7, 2015February 23, 2015 by Paul Tautges

Fearing man is common among pastors, but the struggle is not new; it’s been a temptation since the days of the prophets and the apostles. Paul confessed in the book of Galatians, “For am I now seeking the favor of

Creation-Category Idols and Resting In Our True Identity

Posted on January 19, 2015January 19, 2015 by Paul Tautges

In the past couple weeks, I have picked up one of Paul Tripp’s devotional books, A Shelter in the Time of Storm, and again my heart has been ministered to in simple, yet deep ways. God has gifted Paul Tripp

Stop Stopping at the Disney World Sign

Posted on April 15, 2014April 15, 2014 by Paul Tautges

Followers of Jesus Christ (myself included) have the habit of taking our eyes off of Him and, specifically, our identity in Christ and the beauty that is ours by virtue of our union with Him. In his book, A Shelter

Category: Identity in Christ

There’s More to Identity than You May Think

Hope + Help for Embracing Your Complete Identity in Christ

Don’t Forget to Put on the Belt of Love

RESOURCES: Identity in Christ

You Are No Longer Condemned

REMADE: My New Book Is Now Available for Pre-Order!

You Will Never Be Independent

Will You Pray for Me as I Finish My Next Book?

We Are Reflectors of God’s Glory

You Are Justified By God and Before God

You Are a Redeemed Sinner

NUGGETS OF WISDOM (October 9)

Forty-Two Identity Markers for Every Christian

Resting in “It Is Finished”

What Is a Saint?

Pastor, Don’t Let One Critic Control Your Preaching

Creation-Category Idols and Resting In Our True Identity

Stop Stopping at the Disney World Sign

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