Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.” Farrar, in his book Finishing Strong, tells us that… Bitterness grieves the Spirit of God. Bitterness poisons your soul. Bitterness is…
Thomas Watson in his book The Godly Man’s Picture gives 24 characteristics of a godly man. According to Watson, a godly man is… a man of knowledge a man moved by faith a man fired by love a man like God a man careful about the worship of God a man who serves God, not men a…
On February 16 Paul David Tripp in New Morning Mercies: A Daily Gospel Devotional (get this book now btw!) writes the following that I wanted to pass on. This is the good news of the gospel. Peace came. Peace died. Peace lived. Peace rose again. Peace reigns on your behalf. Peace indwells you by the Spirit.…
Always Take the High Road (taken from Bill Hybels book Axiom) When I was in my early twenties, I served as one of the youth leaders for a group called Son City. We had grown from a whopping attendance of twenty-five people to more than a thousand in less than three years, and God was…
In New Morning Mercies: A Daily Gospel Devotional, Paul David Tripp writes that we are all on a conquest for hope. He shares several truths regarding hope I wanted to pass on to you. God has hardwired human beings for hope. We don’t live by instinct; we all find our identity, meaning, purpose, and inner sense…
Go here for a brief description of what to expect at Oak Park‘s upcoming Family Gathering with pastor/author Chris Brauns, who will unpack the ins-and-outs of forgiveness.
In a context of strict Jewish monotheism, the following four activities were considered blasphemous for anyone other than God. Jesus expressed his authority to forgive sins, even sins not committed against him personally – a prerogative reserved for God alone (Mark 2:5-7). Jesus accepted worship from other human beings – a prerogative reserved for…
Click here for a brief description of what to expect February 8, 2015 at Oak Park‘s Family Gathering where author/pastor Chris Brauns will speak to us about the most important issue and practice of forgiveness.
Kenneth Richard Samples in his book 7 Truths That Changed The World: Discovering Christianity’s Most Dangerous Ideas, gives seven evidences that support the truthfulness of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Jesus’ empty tomb. William Lane Craig says, that “there is simply not plausible naturalistic explanation available today that accounts for the empty tomb of Jesus.” Jesus’ postmortem appearances.…
Have you ever heard someone talk about meditating on Scripture and thought to yourself, “what in the world does that even mean?” Martin Luther, who lived back in the 1500’s, describes how to actually meditate on Scripture. First, discern what the passage actually teaches and consider what the Lord demands. Second, turn the passage into…
Theology Along the Way 