Now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one another, according to Christ Jesus, that you may with one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ (Rom. 15:5–6). What a great benediction this is. When we recognize who God is, the God […]
As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love. These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your […]
Here is a link to our pastor’s sermons. I especially invite you to listen/watch the last two.
Forgiveness is difficult when we think the person who sinned against us doesn’t understand what they’ve done to us. They don’t “get” it. They seem to continue on like nothing happened, or they don’t acknowledge or agree that it ever did happen. But we know, way down in our heart, that they sinned against us […]
The Bible says, “For the wages of sin is death…” (Rom. 6:23). It also says, we “…were by nature children of wrath, just as the others” (Eph. 2:3). What these passages mean is that our rebellion and sin was primarily against God and his authority in our lives. Our sin produced a rift between us […]
I thought I should take a few posts to explain what I think about forgiveness, confession of sin, and repentance. When we begin the conversation, we need to talk about our terms. Here’s how I think the Bible describes forgiveness, “Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.” Now where there is […]
So, for the past several posts we’ve been setting the stage for how a wife should talk with her husband about things she thinks need work. Okay, so here’s a scenario: After six months of marriage Tom (the husband) gets out of the shower and leaves his wet towel on the floor for the 175th time. […]
Today I’d like to write about two philosophical and theological positions: patriarchalism (as defined by the feminists and egalitarians) and egalitarianism. Let me say up front that if Patriarchalism is what is represented by feminists were true, I would be against it from top to bottom. So, what I’m writing here is not regarding what […]
Some have mentioned that Jay Adams (also Chris Braun, Jim Newheiser, etc) said that you couldn’t forgive someone unless and until they asked for forgiveness. I thought this way for a long time too. The main difference between what thought before and what and I am saying now is that there wasn’t a word for […]
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