For those Christians who feel the tug to read great literature, know that it is not a waste of your time. These books will only deepen your appreciation for the Scriptures and will open your eyes to a fuller, more profound vision of reality and the God who loves you.
07/06/26
We are invited to entrust everything to the one who accomplished what we could not: living and bleeding and dying and rising again, so that “whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16). To put it another way, when it comes to the kingdom of God, there’s no room for DIY’ers. Best leave it to the professionals.
07/02/26
We live in the “already” but “not yet”. Peace is already ours but not yet. The resurrection is already ours but not yet. Justice is already ours but not yet. Until then be comforted by the fact that you are reconciled in Christ on account of his life, death, and resurrection.
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08/30/19
When disagreements break out we unfriend, unfollow, and unburden our minds by surrounding ourselves with only the right sorts of people.
08/29/19
After the glory of our flesh has gone the way of wilted grass and faded flowers, and we’ve long forgotten all our efforts at self-justification, the word of the Lord remains.
08/28/19
While hyperbolic The Boys brings its viewers to the harsh world of reality and the daily struggle of sin.
08/28/19
As we do in daily life, so we have done in our reading of the Bible: we have placed ourselves at the center, and Christ at the periphery.
08/27/19
God is the only one who decides what we receive, when, and how it’s given to us.
08/26/19
Biblically speaking, we won’t find much evidence for a preordained spouse.
08/22/19
The focus of 1 Peter on baptism is one that has puzzled many people.
08/19/19
This is the God of the Holy Scriptures. He is the one who repeatedly saves, always preserving his people by providing rescue in situation after situation...
08/16/19
The simul makes several affirmations and rejections on the doctrines of sin/original sin, justification, and sanctification, to name a few.
08/12/19
[Luther's] Catechism is at home in the evangelical pulpit, guiding and shaping what the preacher says so faith might be created and love given direction.
08/12/19
Jesus is still in the business of dividing. He has come to divide us from our sinful thoughts and habits. He has come to divide us from false views of the world and distortions of His Word.
08/08/19
Preaching is simply the verbal bestowal of what Scripture has already given us in written form
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