Church… The Key of Truth, Part 3 10 Apr 201410 Apr 2014 Christianity involves both truth and grace, both head and heart; it is both rational and relational. Understanding this is crucial to understanding what life together in Christ means. Case in…
Church… The Key of Truth, Part 2 9 Apr 20149 Apr 2014 Jesus said that the world would know we are His disciples by seeing that we love one another. Love is the incarnation of grace and truth. Therefore one of the…
Church… The Key of Truth, Part 1 8 Apr 20148 Apr 2014 I have been learning that you can take Jesus' actions in the Gospels and break them down into two groups. How Jesus responded to people, and how He conducted Himself…
Church… The Key of Grace, Part 3 7 Apr 20147 Apr 2014 Grace is what makes the Body of Christ stand out and stand apart. It is the one fruit more than any other that testifies to the reality of the transforming…
Church… The Key of Grace, Part 2 5 Apr 20145 Apr 2014 One of the essential marks of the Body of Christ is that it is a community that cultivates grace. Grace is not only something we are supposed to receive from…
Jonathan Edwards… Time 28 Mar 201428 Mar 2014 Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) is one of the most influential men in my life. He was a very well-known and influential pastor in Northampton and then Stockbridge Massachusetts who ended his…
Holiness… Love’s Love: What This All Means 26 Mar 2014 Why we love a person has a profound effect on how our relationship will progress over time. If the reason the reason you love your spouse is based on their…
Holiness… Love’s Love: What We Learn from Job 24 Mar 201424 Mar 2014 If you were going to explain love to somebody what would you say? Where would you start? Love is very hard to explain. When I first told Mandi that I…
Going Deeper… Why has God stopped caring for me? 13 Mar 20147 Aug 2014 This is the fifth and final post in this week's series in which I have been sharing what I have been learning about some of the unspoken thoughts often represented…
Going Deeper… What did I do wrong to deserve this? 10 Mar 20147 Aug 2014 Yesterday I started a series of posts prompted by everyone's favorite pastoral question: "Why is this happening to me?" It is a very honest question when we are suffering, and…
Learning To Be Full Of Grace And Truth. 