Grace… “Humility” Is Not a Four Letter Word! 14 Oct 201414 Oct 2014 People who are full of grace are humble people. Humility is one of the central qualities of a person who is living in, growing through, and giving out God's grace.…
Books… Peace Comes Through Simplicity and Obedience 3 Oct 20143 Oct 2014 It's Fénelon Friday! LETTER 5: Peace Comes Through Simplicity and Obedience Learn to cultivate peace. And you can do this by learning to turn a deaf ear to your own…
Books… The Advantages of Humility 26 Sep 201426 Sep 2014 I have decided to make "Fénelon Friday" a regular thing on my blog. I hope you enjoy it. This selection is from Let Go (New Kensington: Whitaker House, 1973). Letter…
Christian Living… Spurring Lessons, Part 2 10 Sep 201410 Sep 2014 Yesterday I shared the first two ways in which we can spur one another on toward love and good deeds (Hebrews 10:24). The first was to live it, to be…
Spiritual Formation Submit to One Another, Part 3 13 Aug 201413 Aug 2014 I concluded yesterday's post with a summary of what biblical submission means: submitting to one another is not about blind obedience, or being taken advantage of or a weapon by…
Spiritual Formation… Submit to One Another, Part 2 12 Aug 201412 Aug 2014 Living for God through Christ means submitting to one another. Yet I have been learning that if there is any word in the Bible that rivals "predestination" as a word…
Forgiveness… Bear with One Another, Part 3 6 Aug 20146 Aug 2014 What makes a good buttress? How do we need to be growing in order to be bearing with one another in love? In closing post, let me point out four…
Christian Living Be Devoted to One Another, Part 3 5 Jun 20145 Jun 2014 Be devoted to one another in love (Romans 12:2). Are we? That is the question isn't it? Is that the kind of devotion that we have for one another? Having…
Spiritual Formation… How Do You Respond When You Get Smacked? 15 May 201415 May 2014 A single rebuke does more for a person of understanding than a hundred lashes on the back of a fool (Proverbs 17:10, NLT). This proverb doesn't pull any punches does…
Christian Living… Let Go 16 Nov 201316 Nov 2013 Few books are as precious to me as Let Go, by Francis Fénelon (1651-1715). It contains 40 letters to people he was a spiritual father to. They are short, plain,…
Learning To Be Full Of Grace And Truth. 