Christian Living… Forward Motion, Part 1 8 Jan 20158 Jan 2015 Any given day (but especially in the New Year), your heart may find itself in one of three places: We can't get your mind out of the past. For some…
Grace The Next Time You See Someone Get What Was Coming… 4 Jan 20154 Jan 2015 Now there were some present at that time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. Jesus answered, "Do you think that these Galileans…
Books… Youth and the Pleasures of Piety 29 Dec 201430 Dec 2014 Tuesdays with Edwards! In May of 1734 Edwards took on the oft given objection of young people, that "religion…[is]…a very dull, melancholy thing, and think, if they embrace it,…
Love… Lessons from 24 28 Dec 201429 Dec 2014 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her (Ephesians 5:25, NIV). No, I'm not talking about Jack Bauer. I'm talking about my…
Grace… Wrapping Up Christmas, Part 2 28 Dec 201428 Dec 2014 Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother: "This child is destined to cause the falling and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that…
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…
Books… Seeking After Christ, Part 3 23 Dec 201423 Dec 2014 Tuesdays with Edwards! Two hundred seventy four years ago this month, Jonathan Edwards preached a sermon on the wise men following the star to find Jesus in Bethlehem focusing on…
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…
Books… Seeking After Christ, Part 2 16 Dec 2014 Tuesdays with Edwards! Two hundred seventy four years ago this month, Jonathan Edwards preached a sermon on the wise men following the star to find Jesus in Bethlehem focusing on…
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…