Discipleship Why Discipleship Gets Messy 2 Sep 20152 Sep 2015 Discipleship is messy. What do I mean by messy? I mean perplexing, confusing, frustrating. For example, it is not uncommon for people to not understand what things mean or why…
Books… What Exceeding Great Reason We Have to Admire the Grace of God Towards us in Giving Us this Feast. 1 Sep 20151 Sep 2015 Tuesdays with Edwards! Sometime between August 1728 and February 1729 Edwards preached The Spiritual Blessings of the Gospel Represented by a Feast based on Luke 14:16 Then said he unto…
Books… This World Requires Meekness 26 May 201526 May 2015 Tuesdays with Edwards! Today's Tuesday with Edwards selection is another from his 1738 sermon series on 1 Corinthians 13 Charity and Its Fruits. This is from the fourth sermon…
Faith… I Am Peter 4 May 20154 May 2015 When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others. It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James,…
Grace… Lessons from Citations 27 Apr 201527 Apr 2015 Last Friday afternoon I had the distinct displeasure of being pulled over. The problem? Apparently my license was suspended! It did not matter to the policeman that I did not…
Grace The Law of Grace 13 Apr 201513 Apr 2015 So summarizing what I have been learning about grace… Grace is… Unnatural. It runs against human nature to be gracious. Grace is sacrificial one way love; we are naturally self-centered…
Grace Grace Is Intimate 22 Mar 201522 Mar 2015 This is the third in a series of posts filling in the blank to "Grace is ____." Grace is unnatural counterfeited intimate. Grace is profoundly personal and intimate. Impersonal and…
Grace… Lessons from Gotham 7 Mar 20157 Mar 2015 One of the new shows that Mandi and I like to watch is Gotham. It is a very interesting show set in DC Comic's fictional Gotham City. The show focuses…
Grace… God Can Sneak Grace through Anything 5 Mar 20155 Mar 2015 God often works covertly, moving almost imperceptivity through overlooked or unexpected paths. We look for and expect God to work through faithful people making faithful choices. And He certainly does,…
Grace… Lessons from the Blizzard of 2015 29 Jan 201529 Jan 2015 "Come now, let us settle the matter," says the LORD. "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they…