Dec 7
2012
Clothed with Power
God clothes with power those He calls to Himself.
Dear Christian, we seem too often to wrongly think that everything and everyone must align to please us, or all is loss and everything is a failure. This is painful idolatry and must be replaced with sincere worship.
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When Jesus changes your heart, your motives and affections and desires change.
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People wonder all the time if they are really a believer. Sometimes other people see a person who says they are Christian and wonder if that is a true profession of faith. This can be for any number of reasons. But there is one specific way found in 2 Timothy 2:19 where are you can know if a person is truly a Christian.
Keep ReadingLet’s pattern our baptisms and church membership as closely to the scriptural pattern as we can. Let's link baptism and church membership more closely. Let's see them as part of a unified process to glorify God, build up believers, and reach the world.
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As we live a Christ-honoring life… Pure gospel living looks different than posing for pictures It stands in stark contrast to life lived under lights A sovereign God changes our motives The authoritative Word renews our minds
Keep ReadingAs I am alive, raised, and seated with Christ by God’s grace… 5 ongoing outcomes I observe about God’s grace towards me.
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Has life put a lot of mileage on you? Are you weighed down by the toll it has taken? Are you weary? Are you troubled? Do you feel hopeless? There is hope of forgiveness in Jesus.
Keep ReadingDec 7
2012
God clothes with power those He calls to Himself.
Dec 1
2012
Jesus is the Wonderful Counselor who tells us what we need to hear.
Nov 19
2012
Ask yourself what is best for the Kingdom of Jesus, not what is best for you.
Oct 27
2012
Matthew 22:23-33 continues an unfriendly trend. Next in line to try to trip Jesus up with a whopper of a question? Enter the Sadducees, lesser-known counterparts of the more numerous Pharisees. different yet similar, control freaks in love with their own ideas.
Oct 25
2012
Bonhoeffer said, "The follower of Jesus is the imitator of God". So the rejecter of Jesus is the mocker of God. In Christ enemies become friends, and mockers imitators.
Oct 19
2012
Everyone loves encouragement. Everyone needs it too. I want to commend you for the many things I see you doing right, the things the Holy Spirit is doing in and through you.
Oct 3
2012
Christ's authority is unrivaled.
Sep 27
2012
Some things just won't matter in five years or five days.