The Pharisee valued fasting and giving tithes, but could not find value in his fellow sinner.
03/25/26
God is not a tool in our hands. He does not exist to serve our goals, our metrics, or our platforms.
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03/23/26
The gospel isn’t for the strong but people who know they aren’t.
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10/27/17
Whether we realize it or not, all these online, self-editing actions are nothing more than our admission that we believe that we are so deeply flawed that no one will love us just as we are.
10/26/17
When I was about 10, I went on a hike with a boys brigade. We were all racing down this path at lunchtime when I decided to beat everyone to the bottom by deviating from the path.
10/23/17
We’re by nature counters. So long as we can add, subtract, multiply and divide something, anything, we have some measure of control and comparison.
10/20/17
So bondage meets freedom, and God becomes our Master through Christ.
10/17/17
We are forgiven for Christ’s sake. Losers set free to trust in God’s promises.
10/16/17
My parents will be the first to tell you, I can really put my foot in my mouth. I often don’t say the right thing.
10/12/17
God created Israel to be the vessel into which he would place both his Law and his Son.
10/12/17
As I came to read the Reformers, I found their words comforting. I started to hope again.
10/11/17
This book tells of my long and brutal journey. From married to divorced. From a seminary professor and pastor to a disgraced, bitter truck driver in the oil fields of Texas. From a man at war with God to a child redeemed by grace.
10/09/17
These teachings are the heart of the Reformation…If it is about you, it isn’t about Jesus.
10/06/17
The power and the purpose of the Reformation was to bring the full force of the Law and the Gospel to the ears of sinners.
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