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 Grace Is Counterfeited. 20 Mar 201520 Mar 2015 This is the second in a series of posts filling in the blank to "Grace is ____." Yesterday I began this series saying that grace is unnatural. It is unnatural…
Books… Beware of the Pride of Reasoning; the True Guide to Knowledge Is Love 20 Mar 201520 Mar 2015 Its Fénelon Friday! LETTER 30: Beware of the Pride of Reasoning; the True Guide to Knowledge Is Love Your mind is too much taken up with your circumstances, and…
Sin I Am Not Surprised 13 Mar 201513 Mar 2015 This past week I have… …had a daughter struggle with girls in middle school who are all nice when they are at our house and all mean and moody when…
Suffering Perspective 12 Mar 201512 Mar 2015 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well (Psalms 139:14, NIV). I am so messed up! Why did God…
Wisdom Mugged 11 Mar 201511 Mar 2015 Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a bone (Proverbs 25:15, NIV). This is not one of those proverbs you are going to find…
Books… Tuesdays with Edwards! 10 Mar 201510 Mar 2015 So that though it may in some sense be said that mercy overcame justice, and rejoices against judgment; yet in Christ Jesus justice rather willingly yields to mercy. Justice withdraws…
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,…
Books… The Sweet Harmony of Christ 24 Feb 201524 Feb 2015 Tuesdays with Edwards! If there was a central question that weighed heavily on the mind of Jonathan Edwards throughout his career it was this: what does the God-centered life look…