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…
Love… Being Good about Being Good 3 Nov 20143 Nov 2014 One of the characteristics of Christian love is goodness. My last two posts have looked at what that means. Goodness is conducting ourselves towards others in the same way that…
Love… What Does it Mean to Be Good? 2 Nov 20142 Nov 2014 If we are going to be like God, if we are going to love like God, we are going to have to people who love to do good. Love is…
Grace… Love Is Shown by Gratitude 29 Oct 201429 Oct 2014 John 1:14 says that Jesus came from the Father full of grace and truth. Full of grace and full of truth. In other words Jesus' glory was that He both…
Books… Tuesdays with Edwards 28 Oct 201428 Oct 2014 Few people have had as much influence on my life and faith as Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758). In the spirit of "Fenelon Friday" I have decided to post something from Jonathan…
Forgiveness… What Do Forgiving People Look Like? 28 Oct 201428 Oct 2014 Love is shown by forgiveness. How can we become people who forgive others as Jesus has forgiven us? What can we do? In this concluding post on forgiveness, I want…
Forgiveness… What We Don’t Do Is Just As Important As What We Do Do 26 Oct 201426 Oct 2014 Well, things kind of got away from me last week. Sorry about that. Here is the next post on the story of Zacchaeus… I want to show you four things…
Forgiveness… Finding Forgiveness in Zacchaeus 22 Oct 201422 Oct 2014 As I was getting ready to put together the next series of posts I realized that I had a series of posts about a year ago that said much what…
Grace… The Fruit of Grace Grown Confidence 20 Oct 201420 Oct 2014 People who are living in God's grace have great confidence in their relationship with God because they know their standing before God is based totally on grace and not for…
Grace… Grace Makes Us Humble AND Confident? Yup! 19 Oct 201419 Oct 2014 Last week I began a series of posts asking the question "What does love look like?" John 1:14 says that Jesus came from the Father full of grace and truth.…
Learning To Be Full Of Grace And Truth. 