Christian Living… What the Bible Never Talks About 18 Dec 201318 Dec 2013 We have all done things that we feel horrible about in retrospect. Many of us have felt that what we need is to forgive ourselves. There is one problem with…
Christian Living… Walking in the Valley of the Shadow, Part 4 16 Dec 201316 Dec 2013 A third thing I have been learning about ministering to people who are hurting, is that it is important to be praying for discretion and discernment; because sometimes listening is…
Christian Living… Walking in the Valley of the Shadow, Part 3 14 Dec 201314 Dec 2013 Another thing I have been learning in my ministry to people who are going through extreme difficulty is that the struggle with "why" and "where was God" is normal. There…
Christian Living… Walking in the Valley of the Shadow, Part 2 12 Dec 201312 Dec 2013 One of the things I have been learning about sharing God's love with people who are experiencing great pain, is that it is almost always more helpful to be a…
Discipleship… Walking in the Valley of the Shadow, Part 1 11 Dec 201311 Dec 2013 How long, LORD, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, "Violence!" but you do not save? Why do you make me look…
Forgiveness… The Habit of Grace 10 Dec 201310 Dec 2013 You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to…
Holiness… Love, Problems, and Character 1 Dec 20131 Dec 2013 I promise you what I promised Moses: 'Everywhere you go, you will be on land I have given you—from the Negev Desert in the south to the Lebanon mountains in…
Christian Living… God Works In Us a Love for Him 30 Nov 201330 Nov 2013 Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for…
Christian Living… A Taste for Holiness 29 Nov 201329 Nov 2013 I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection…
Christian Living… False Humility 27 Nov 2013 To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a…