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…
Books… Our Knowledge Stands in the Way of Our Becoming Wise 12 Dec 2014 It’s Fénelon Friday! LETTER 15: Our Knowledge Stands in the Way of Our Becoming Wise Live in quiet peace, my dear young lady, without any thought for the future.…
God's Love… Thirty Years Later 11 Dec 2014 Perhaps the most formative event in my life happened on Christmas morning of 1984. I was sick in bed. I was awakened by my sister and brother yelling and stamping…
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…
Learning To Be Full Of Grace And Truth. 