Christian Living… Grace in a Dark Place, Part 3 12 Nov 201312 Nov 2013 Yesterday I shared some thoughts on what it means to be children of the light. Today I want to think about a second question: What effect does being children of…
Christian Living… Grace in a Dark Place, Part 2 11 Nov 201311 Nov 2013 When we find ourselves living in dark places, we need to remember that Christ has called us to be a light in the dark. We are to be lights of…
Christian Living… Grace in a Dark Place, Part 1 10 Nov 201310 Nov 2013 One of the things I have been learning is how the Church is patterned after the family. A great place to see this is in Paul's letter to the Ephesians,…
Christian Living… Breaking Away from Enabling to Forgiveness 3 Nov 2013 Do not let any part of your body become an instrument of evil to serve sin (Romans 6:13a, NLT). Grace frees us so that we can pursue holiness. Think of…
Church… Love and Leadership 25 Oct 2013 It is not possible to lead the way God wants unless we are loving the people we are leading. The leadership given by Paul and the rest of the Apostles…
Christian Living… Follow up to “Sinner and Saint” 15 Oct 201323 Oct 2013 We should not be surprised when Christians sin. I have heard lots of people say things like, “I don’t want anything to do with Christians or going to church—they’re a…
Christian Living… The Christian is Both Sinner and Saint 14 Oct 201323 Oct 2013 Show me someone who says “Christians are not sinners” and I’ll show you an idiot! But Show me someone who says “Christians are all saints” and I’ll show you someone…