God's Love… Not Fear, Not Duty, But Love 15 Dec 2014 The freedom that Christ gives us is the desire to obey the law not out of fear or duty, but out of love for God. We are still commanded by…
Grace… Freed From and Freed For 14 Dec 2014 One of the things I often see Christians struggling with is understanding how we are forgiven and no longer need to measure up to God's Law, but at the same…
Books… Book Review: Charis, God’s Scandalous Grace for Us 8 Dec 20148 Dec 2014 I love books. I love reading. I believe Charlie "Tremendous" Jones was right to say, "You will be the same person five years from now you are today except for…
Grace… Spiritual Love Is Proved Genuine By Our Actions 24 Nov 201424 Nov 2014 Yesterday I started wrapping up a series of posts titled "What Does Love Look Like?" If you missed it or are new to my blog it starts here. John says…
Grace… How It All Comes Together 23 Nov 201423 Nov 2014 We have been spending the last few weeks asking the question "What does love look like?" The primary reason I have spent so much time on this question is because…
Love… Lessons on Truthfulness (or the Lack Thereof) in King Saul 9 Nov 20149 Nov 2014 Contrast the truthfulness of Samuel that we saw in my last post with King Saul. Saul was handpicked by Samuel and by the Lord to be Israel's first king. We…
Love… Truth and Love 6 Nov 20146 Nov 2014 I think the biggest challenge Christians face today is learning to forgive as Christ forgives us. In fact, what I feel the Lord has called me to do is to…
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…
Grace… Humility Is an Attitude 13 Oct 201413 Oct 2014 What does love, the kind of love God has for us and wants us to have for others, look like? Take a look at John 1:14-18 (NIV). The Word became…