Discipleship… Forgiving Is For Giving 23 Nov 201323 Nov 2013 Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. Because of these, the wrath of God is coming.…
Christian Living… Full of Grace 22 Nov 201322 Nov 2013 Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you (Colossians 3:13, NIV). God calls us to…
Church… Do You Attract Pacos? 21 Nov 201321 Nov 2013 Growing up, one of the computer games I liked to play—but never got very good at—was "Flight Simulator." In most versions of the game, you could choose between a prop…
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,…
Christian Living… Grace in a Dark Place, Part 4 13 Nov 201313 Nov 2013 Sometimes, for reasons we don't understand, or for seasons that we think go on way too long, God puts His children in dark places. What I have been learning is…
Christian Living… Grace in a Dark Place, Part 3 12 Nov 201312 Nov 2013 Yesterday I shared some thoughts on what it means to be children of the light. Today I want to think about a second question: What effect does being children of…
Christian Living… Grace in a Dark Place, Part 2 11 Nov 201311 Nov 2013 When we find ourselves living in dark places, we need to remember that Christ has called us to be a light in the dark. We are to be lights of…
Christian Living… Grace in a Dark Place, Part 1 10 Nov 201310 Nov 2013 One of the things I have been learning is how the Church is patterned after the family. A great place to see this is in Paul's letter to the Ephesians,…
Christian Living… Breaking Away from Enabling to Forgiveness 3 Nov 2013 Do not let any part of your body become an instrument of evil to serve sin (Romans 6:13a, NLT). Grace frees us so that we can pursue holiness. Think of…
Christian Living… Forgiving the Unforgivable 31 Oct 201331 Oct 2013 Two other men, both criminals, were also led out with him to be executed. When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there, along with the…
Learning To Be Full Of Grace And Truth. 