The world takes notice when Christians forgive because such forgiveness seems impossible.
09/22/25
Even if the Shroud were proven a medieval forgery, it would only highlight the skill of its maker. The case for Christ’s resurrection rests on eyewitness testimony.
09/19/25
God leads us to green pastures. He comforts us with his grace in our darkest valleys.
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02/21/16
We hang on to our sins not despite the fact that they hurt, but precisely because they do hurt. We need to hurt, to fret over them, to cry over them, to make amends over them, because by doing so, we will grease the wheels of God’s forgiveness.
02/17/16
Really, once you’ve heard and believed the Gospel, the goal now is to learn more and more about the law of God, so that you can mature into a commandment-keeping, law-loving, obedient disciple of Jesus. Right?
02/16/16
Christ alone has finished your salvation. Christ alone could and has made satisfaction for your sins.
02/11/16
Our faith is not a mountain but a grain of sand, not pure gold but gilded plaster. And all it takes is a few nicks and scratches to reveal its shallowness.
02/10/16
Grace is easier to tweet about than extend. When we are talking about my sin and the impact it has on others, I want grace.
02/10/16
The only thing Hobbits love more than a good meal, is good company with whom they can share it.
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02/05/16
By Philip Melanchthon (from the 1535 Loci Communes), translated by Scott L. Keith, Ph.D.
02/02/16
When God is at work, oftentimes the best activity is non-activity, the best speech is non-speech. Sometimes God wants us to shut up.
02/02/16
Believe in God, belong to a church, and behave yourself isn’t the Gospel.
01/29/16
We chase after status, wealth, luxury, glory, honor, youth, beauty, and pleasure. We work ourselves to death. For what?
01/29/16
If April 1 is April Fools’ Day, then March 25 is Divine Fool’s Day. Falling nine months before Christmas, it’s the day when God set in motion what appeared to be a foolish plan.
01/28/16
As it turned out, the novels in which I had sought escape, became part of the means whereby the Lord rescued me from my own death.
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