Love… Pulling Up the Weeds 1 May 20141 May 2014 1 Peter 1:22 (NIV) says, Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the…
Love… Has Jesus Really Made a Difference? 30 Apr 201430 Apr 2014 Christ died and rose again so that we could be brought from spiritual death to life, to take out our hearts of stone and give us hearts of flesh that…
Jonathan Edwards… Even Love Has Its Counterfeits 29 Apr 201429 Apr 2014 The love that God's grace produces is proved as much by what we don't do as it is by what we do do. Knowing what love looks like is important.…
Love… What Love Isn’t 28 Apr 201428 Apr 2014 At one point when Hillary Clinton was testifying before congress about the events that led up to and followed the attack on the American Consulate in Benghazi, she got so…
Holiness… Love Is Shown by Righteousness, Part 3 16 Apr 201416 Apr 2014 Righteousness is a crucial ingredient of divine love. It is something that is too often missing from the testimony of the Church today. What do we do about it? The…
Holiness… Love Is Shown by Righteousness, Part 2 15 Apr 201415 Apr 2014 Love is shown by righteousness. A person who is living in God's truth is a righteous person. "Goodness" is a very broad term in Scripture that means showing kindness, being…
Holiness… Love Is Shown by Righteousness, Part 1 14 Apr 201414 Apr 2014 Discipleship in Jesus' day was very different than we think of it now. To be a disciple at that time meant leaving home and business to live with your Rabbi.…
Spiritual Formation… Late Winter Musings 16 Mar 201416 Mar 2014 Psalms 23:3 (ESV) He restores my soul. February and March have both seemed more like a rehashing of December and January weather wise here in Northeastern Massachusetts. While on the…
Spiritual Formation… Receiving’s Bad Rap 14 Mar 201414 Mar 2014 One of the things I have been learning is that for many people it is difficult to ask for help when we need it or to accept it when it…
Sin… What? Is It Lent Again Already? 5 Mar 20145 Mar 2014 Have you ever noticed around certain holidays that people often express surprise at how fast it came around again? You've heard people say things like, Man I can't believe Christmas…
Learning To Be Full Of Grace And Truth. 