Grace… Loving Our Enemies 19 Dec 2015 David modeled what it means to love your enemy by sparing Saul's life in 1 Samuel 24. In yesterday's post we dug into the reality that the New Testament teaches…
Grace… Being the Lord’s Anointed 18 Dec 2015 In yesterday's post we looked at 1 Samuel 24 where David models Jesus' command to love our enemies and do good to them in his sparing of Saul. Just as…
Grace… Too Hard to Understand or Just Not What We Want to Do? 17 Dec 2015 He said to his men, "The LORD forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the LORD's anointed, or lift my hand against him; for he is…
Grace… Lessons from Boilers 14 Dec 2015 On October 24th our boiler died. Saturday December 12th, the last of the work was completed on our new system. That is 7 full weeks without heat or hot water.…
Grace… Who Is In the Center? 25 Oct 201525 Oct 2015 It took Solomon thirteen years, however, to complete the construction of his palace (1 Kings 7:1, NIV). 1 Kings 6 records the work that Solomon had done regarding the building…
Grace… Lessons from Spring 6 May 20156 May 2015 But where sin increased, grace increased all the more (Romans 5:20, NIV). It was not too long ago that record setting amounts of snow descended on those of us in…
Faith… I Am Peter 4 May 20154 May 2015 When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others. It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James,…
Grace Tolerance or Grace? 3 May 20153 May 2015 Are we tolerant or gracious? Which do we want to be? Tolerance says, "I can ignore what you do." Grace says, "I will love you despite what you do." Tolerance…
Grace… Lessons from Citations 27 Apr 201527 Apr 2015 Last Friday afternoon I had the distinct displeasure of being pulled over. The problem? Apparently my license was suspended! It did not matter to the policeman that I did not…
Grace The Law of Grace 13 Apr 201513 Apr 2015 So summarizing what I have been learning about grace… Grace is… Unnatural. It runs against human nature to be gracious. Grace is sacrificial one way love; we are naturally self-centered…