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…
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…
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,…
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…
God's Love… That Nasty Question 10 Dec 2014 One of the most humbling places to be in, is wondering what good you could possibly be to anybody—even God. There are any number of roads that lead there, some…
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…
Books… Why Are People Worth So Much? 24 Nov 201425 Nov 2014 Tuesdays with Edwards! Jonathan Edwards saw people as being of infinite value because every human being was personally, intentionally, and thoughtfully created by God. In this selection from a sermon…
Learning To Be Full Of Grace And Truth. 