We always associate this verse with our sins and God punishing us. Isaiah 53:5-6 But he was pierced for our … More … [Read more]
30 Ways Your Flesh Reacts to Trouble
You arrive at a moment of crisis. Perhaps you are in your boss’s office or the medical clinic. You’re fighting with your spouse or you’ve heard bad news. The heat is on and the pressure’s rising. What do you do? The smart thing to do is take … [Read more]
Is it More Important to Focus on the Journey or the Destination?
Do you have Destination Addiction? I know that I suffer from this debilitating affliction. What is it, you ask? It’s the idea that the next blessing is in the next job, the next conference, the next place, the next (fill in the blank). It’s the … [Read more]
What Happens to Unbaptized Infants Who Die?
If the doctrine of original sin is true, and everyone is born with a sinful nature and a rebel towards God, what happens to babies who die? Do babies go to hell? Do they go to heaven? Do they go someplace in between? Augustine of Hippo said … [Read more]
Day One or One Day
2022 is almost over and a new year is about to begin. The older I get the more I realize how much time is behind me versus the time I have left in front of me. When I think about that, I often tend to regret the way I’ve wasted so much time. … [Read more]
Feeling knocked down this Christmas?
What will be your highlight of 2022? I’ve got a bunch, but one that tops the list happened in September. It ranks right up there with Lazarus rising from the dead. Almost. We had received the sad news that a family friend had suffered a crippling … [Read more]
Advent — The Season of Love
Tina Turner posed the question, “What’s love got to do with it?”. Quite literally, everything. Love is the basic foundation of all creation. As we enter into the third week of Advent, our theme is love. Love is something that we all … [Read more]
Advent — The Season of Peace
Most people would define peace as the absence of conflict or the absence of war. That is certainly a definition of the word and something that we should all desire. However, from a Biblical perspective, the word peace has a much deeper meaning. As … [Read more]
What Does it Mean to Keep His Commandments?
Here’s a verse that can really trip you up: For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. (1 John 5:3a) What commandments is John talking about? If you have not learned to read scripture through a new covenant lens, you might … [Read more]
Stop saying you are saved by Grace.
Ephesians 1:1 EphesiansPaul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God,To God’s holy people in Ephesus, the faithful … More … [Read more]
Stop saying you are saved by Grace.
Ephesians 1:1 EphesiansPaul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God,To God’s holy people in Ephesus, the faithful … More … [Read more]
Advent, The Season of Hope
In this season of Advent, the first week’s theme is hope. The hope of a promised deliverer. Hope for a Messiah that will save us. Hope for a king that will rule in righteousness and justice. Hope! Hope is what we need today more than any … [Read more]
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