Grace… Wrapping Up Christmas, Part 1 27 Dec 201427 Dec 2014 My anniversary is coming up. This December 29th, Mandi and I will be celebrating our 24th. We have come a long way. We have been through a lot together, and…
Grace… Being Gracious 23 Dec 201423 Dec 2014 We are freed by God's grace to live a life of love. The freedom we have been given in Christ is given so that we can pursue personal holiness. And…
Grace… If You Want to be Righteous, You Need to be Gracious 23 Dec 201423 Dec 2014 Holiness shows itself by being gracious towards others. The pursuit of personal holiness directed inwardly sets our standards for our behavior towards others. That is righteousness. The pursuit of holiness…
Grace… Holiness Means What? 21 Dec 201422 Dec 2014 In my reading a while back, I came across this great story. St. Michael's had always been a very wealthy church. Its 300 members usually gave a combined annual offering…
Grace… Loving God Brings the Desire to be Holy 21 Dec 201421 Dec 2014 Grace frees us from the hopelessness of being accountable to the Law's penalties, for all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely…
Grace… Grace Frees Us to Pursue Holiness 17 Dec 201418 Dec 2014 God's grace frees us so that we can pursue personal holiness. Before we do anything else we need to define what that means. What is holiness? What does it mean…
Grace… Lessons from The Man in the Iron Mask 17 Dec 201417 Dec 2014 This week I began a series on how we as Christians are supposed to relate to God's Law. In the last three posts we learned that the forgiveness we have…
Grace… Free to Live by Love 16 Dec 2014 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. Mark my words! I,…
Books… Seeking After Christ, Part 2 16 Dec 2014 Tuesdays with Edwards! Two hundred seventy four years ago this month, Jonathan Edwards preached a sermon on the wise men following the star to find Jesus in Bethlehem focusing on…
God's Love… Not Fear, Not Duty, But Love 15 Dec 2014 The freedom that Christ gives us is the desire to obey the law not out of fear or duty, but out of love for God. We are still commanded by…
Learning To Be Full Of Grace And Truth. 