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.…
Jonathan Edwards Jonathan Edwards on Family 12 Apr 201412 Apr 2014 The following is the result of research I have been doing for an article I am writing for an Encyclopedia on Jonathan Edwards that will be published later this year…
Church… The Key of Truth, Part 3 10 Apr 201410 Apr 2014 Christianity involves both truth and grace, both head and heart; it is both rational and relational. Understanding this is crucial to understanding what life together in Christ means. Case in…
Church… The Key of Truth, Part 2 9 Apr 20149 Apr 2014 Jesus said that the world would know we are His disciples by seeing that we love one another. Love is the incarnation of grace and truth. Therefore one of the…
Church… The Key of Truth, Part 1 8 Apr 20148 Apr 2014 I have been learning that you can take Jesus' actions in the Gospels and break them down into two groups. How Jesus responded to people, and how He conducted Himself…
Church… The Key of Grace, Part 3 7 Apr 20147 Apr 2014 Grace is what makes the Body of Christ stand out and stand apart. It is the one fruit more than any other that testifies to the reality of the transforming…
Church… The Key of Grace, Part 2 5 Apr 20145 Apr 2014 One of the essential marks of the Body of Christ is that it is a community that cultivates grace. Grace is not only something we are supposed to receive from…
Church… The Key of Grace, Part 1 4 Apr 20144 Apr 2014 One of the favorite times of my life was living in Orlando, FL while I was attending seminary. I loved it. People up here in New England rationalize that it…