Christian Living Blessed Are the Peacemakers, Part 3 3 Oct 20143 Oct 2014 To practice the grace of peacemaking is to practice love. It is practicing love because the love of God is expressed to us in the offer of peace through the…
Christian Living Blessed Are the Peacemakers, Part 2 2 Oct 20142 Oct 2014 John 1:14 says that Jesus came from the Father full of grace and truth. Learning to live like Jesus or living for God through Christ means learning to be full…
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…
Books… The Advantages of Humility 26 Sep 201426 Sep 2014 I have decided to make "Fénelon Friday" a regular thing on my blog. I hope you enjoy it. This selection is from Let Go (New Kensington: Whitaker House, 1973). Letter…
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…
Grace… Lessons from Breakdowns 22 Sep 201422 Sep 2014 Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you…
Fenelon… It’s a Fénelon Friday 19 Sep 201419 Sep 2014 I needed a little Fénelon today. I have shared some of his stuff in the past. If you still don't have a copy of Let Go (New Kensington: Whitaker House…
Discipleship As You Go, Make Disciples 18 Sep 201418 Sep 2014 When I was a student at Princeton Theological Seminary, I had a part time job at the cigar shop in town, A Little Taste of Cuba. I was not there…
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…
Family… The Dwelling Place Project: A Review 12 Sep 201412 Sep 2014 Family. That idea, that relationship, is at the core of Christianity. The first person of the Trinity has revealed Himself as the Father and the second person as His Son.…
Learning To Be Full Of Grace And Truth. 