Books… True Friendships Are Founded Only in God 26 Dec 201426 Dec 2014 It's Fénelon Friday! LETTER 18: True Friendships Are Founded Only in God We must be content with the friends that God gives us, without having selfish choices of our own.…
Prayer Divine Name Popping 24 Dec 201424 Dec 2014 Just a little bit ago I got a call out of the blue from a friend just to tell me that in her prayer time this morning God had brought…
Grace… Being Gracious 23 Dec 201423 Dec 2014 We are freed by God's grace to live a life of love. The freedom we have been given in Christ is given so that we can pursue personal holiness. And…
Grace… If You Want to be Righteous, You Need to be Gracious 23 Dec 201423 Dec 2014 Holiness shows itself by being gracious towards others. The pursuit of personal holiness directed inwardly sets our standards for our behavior towards others. That is righteousness. The pursuit of holiness…
Books… Seeking After Christ, Part 3 23 Dec 201423 Dec 2014 Tuesdays with Edwards! Two hundred seventy four years ago this month, Jonathan Edwards preached a sermon on the wise men following the star to find Jesus in Bethlehem focusing on…
Grace… Loving God Brings the Desire to be Holy 21 Dec 201421 Dec 2014 Grace frees us from the hopelessness of being accountable to the Law's penalties, for all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely…
Books… Those Who Injure Us Are to Be Loved and Welcomed as the Hand of God 18 Dec 201419 Dec 2014 It's Fénelon Friday! I have posted this letter before but it is good enough to warrant repeating. LETTER 16: Those Who Injure Us Are to Be Loved and Welcomed as…
Grace… Grace Frees Us to Pursue Holiness 17 Dec 201418 Dec 2014 God's grace frees us so that we can pursue personal holiness. Before we do anything else we need to define what that means. What is holiness? What does it mean…
Grace… Lessons from The Man in the Iron Mask 17 Dec 201417 Dec 2014 This week I began a series on how we as Christians are supposed to relate to God's Law. In the last three posts we learned that the forgiveness we have…
Grace… Free to Live by Love 16 Dec 2014 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. Mark my words! I,…
Learning To Be Full Of Grace And Truth. 