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…
Discipleship… We Need Spiritual Parents Who Teach Us What it Means to Live for God Through Christ 29 Nov 201429 Nov 2014 Yesterday I shared that 2 Kings 2:1-18 is one of Scripture's clearest pictures of spiritual fatherhood (i.e. discipleship). Like Elisha, we need spiritual fathers and mothers who teach us what…
Books… Edwards’ Spiritual Direction to Young Christians 4 Nov 20144 Nov 2014 Tuesday with Edwards! Today I have selected a letter Edwards wrote in response to a letter from an eighteen year old Deborah Hatheway. Her town had been experiencing revivals after…
Exegesis… Blessed Are the Peacemakers, Part 1 30 Sep 201430 Sep 2014 In the opening verses of Matthew 5, the crowds were approaching Jesus and His disciples. Jesus knew that the temptation was going to be there for His disciples to get…
Spiritual Formation Lessons from Coffee 24 Sep 201424 Sep 2014 My first coffee was a Starbucks grande white chocolate mocha. I was a student at Princeton Theological Seminary at the time. One of my co-workers (yes, I was working at…
Going Deeper… Only Two Things Don’t Change… 14 Sep 201414 Sep 2014 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away (Matthew 24:35, NIV). One of my professors at Reformed Theological Seminary, Dr. Steve Brown, began a chapel…
Spiritual Formation Do Not Slander One Another, Part 1 31 Aug 20141 Sep 2014 Last week we talked about encouragement and how closely encouragement is tied to love. Where love abounds, encouragement will also abound. I even gave you an assignment in my last…
Spiritual Formation Submit to One Another, Part 3 13 Aug 201413 Aug 2014 I concluded yesterday's post with a summary of what biblical submission means: submitting to one another is not about blind obedience, or being taken advantage of or a weapon by…
Spiritual Formation… Submit to One Another, Part 2 12 Aug 201412 Aug 2014 Living for God through Christ means submitting to one another. Yet I have been learning that if there is any word in the Bible that rivals "predestination" as a word…
Spiritual Formation Submit to One Another, Part 1 11 Aug 201411 Aug 2014 Follow God's example, therefore, as dearly loved children and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering…
Learning To Be Full Of Grace And Truth. 