Forgiveness Forgiveness Is Given, not Demanded 4 Feb 20144 Feb 2014 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can…
Forgiveness Forgiveness Isn’t Cheap 3 Feb 20143 Feb 2014 When we forgive someone, we are choosing to see the offender through the cross, the way the Father sees you and me. It means accepting that God saw your hurt,…
A Tale of Three Women… Follow Up, Part 3: Talking About Sin 30 Jan 201430 Jan 2014 In A Tale of Three Women, I submitted that Christians should live in such a way that Christ is seen as attractive to the broken, the lost, and the outcast.…
A Tale of Three Women… Follow Up, Part 2: Looking at the Scoreboard 29 Jan 201429 Jan 2014 Jesus says in Luke 6:40 (NLTse) Students are not greater than their teacher. But the student who is fully trained will become like the teacher. Paul echoes this in 2…
A Tale of Three Women… Follow Up, Part 1 28 Jan 201428 Jan 2014 One of the questions I have been asked in response to A Tale of Three Women, is how do you welcome a person into your church, home, or life who…
A Tale of Three Women… A Tale of Three Women 27 Jan 20143 Mar 2014 A Note to You the Reader Explaining this Long Post This past Sunday, January 26th, I preached the following sermon at my church on Luke 7:36-50 which tells the story…
Discipleship… Love is Forgiveness 26 Jan 201426 Jan 2014 This past week I have been posting on this theme: "Fill in the blank: Love is________." Just one more. Love is forgiveness. My friend and mentor Charlie "Tremendous" Jones told…
Discipleship… Love Is ___________ 19 Jan 201419 Jan 2014 If you were to fill in the blank, "love is ______" what would you say? What word or words would you use? I think this week I will focus my…
Christian Living… What I Want to See in the Mirror 13 Jan 201413 Jan 2014 The Sovereign LORD has given me his words of wisdom, so that I know how to comfort the weary. Morning by morning he wakens me and opens my understanding to…
Christian Living… Right Theology Should Not Get In The Way of Love 8 Jan 20148 Jan 2014 Yesterday I was talking with a friend of mine and fellow blogger, Michelle. During our conversation we started looking back at emails we had exchanged a couple months ago that…