Free Will The Buck Stops Here, Part 2 29 Apr 201529 Apr 2015 The Bible teaches that people have free will. What does that mean? It means we are free to choose what we want. We may have a hard time choosing what…
Free Will… The Buck Stops Here, Part 1 28 Apr 201528 Apr 2015 One day late in the summer of 1945, Fred Canfil, a US Marshall, visited a reform school in Missouri. On the principal's desk was a wooden sign, the kind of…
Grace… Lessons from Citations 27 Apr 201527 Apr 2015 Last Friday afternoon I had the distinct displeasure of being pulled over. The problem? Apparently my license was suspended! It did not matter to the policeman that I did not…
Discipleship Bad Rap 14 Apr 201514 Apr 2015 One of my girls' favorite songs is Bad Rap by Steve Taylor. Bad Rap is a very intentional bad rap about the "bad rap" that Christians have in the eyes…
Grace… For Your Consideration 9 Apr 20159 Apr 2015 I would like to throw out an idea that I have been thinking about and get your reaction to it. Could it be that the problem of sin in the…
Books… The Gifts of God Are Not to Be Rejected Because of the Channel That Brings Them 26 Mar 201527 Mar 2015 It's Fénelon Friday! LETTER 31: The Gifts of God Are Not to Be Rejected Because of the Channel That Brings Them I am glad you have found a friend to…
Grace Grace Is Counterfeited. 20 Mar 201520 Mar 2015 This is the second in a series of posts filling in the blank to "Grace is ____." Yesterday I began this series saying that grace is unnatural. It is unnatural…
Sin I Am Not Surprised 13 Mar 201513 Mar 2015 This past week I have… …had a daughter struggle with girls in middle school who are all nice when they are at our house and all mean and moody when…
Spiritual Formation Lessons from Roof Raking 18 Feb 201518 Feb 2015 I have discovered this principle of life–that when I want to do what is right, I inevitably do what is wrong. I love God's law with all my heart. But…
Family… The Ugly, The Bad, and The Good 11 Feb 201511 Feb 2015 This could really be another of my "lessons from ___" posts. My goal in sharing that particular line of posts is to show one of the things we need to…
Learning To Be Full Of Grace And Truth. 