For those who have fallen into sin, particularly sins of a sexually immoral nature, the guilt is seemingly endless. In fact, any Christian who has struggled with a besetting sin can empathize with any or all of the following statements: I feel like crap about myself. I don’t feel worthy to serve God. And I…
I’ve been perusing through a book that I read several years ago called “Crucial Confrontations: Tools for resolving broken promises, violated expectations, and bad behavior” and I wanted to write a couple words about some statements made in this book, as well as some personal thoughts on the issue. By “crucial confrontations” the author means…
In Kenneth Samples’ book Seven Truths That Changed the World: Discovering Christianity’s Most Dangerous Ideas he makes the following statements that I found helpful regarding sin and its consequences in the life of a non-Christian and wanted to pass along: God may use evil and suffering to get a nonbeliever’s attention and ultimately draw that person…
Change. We all look for it in the folks we minister to. We want to see people transformed by the amazing Gospel of Christ. We pour ourselves out in ministry in order to see someone’s entire world revolutionized by the grace of God. But if you’re anything like me, there are times when, in your…
Read the article Love speaks many languages by David Powlison. This article highlights several helpful aspects of Chapman’s book but also points out several deficiencies that the reader should be mindful of when reading his book. I’d love to hear your thoughts after reading the article.
Why do most discipleship plans that people come up with have a light does of actually reading the Bible? In fact, why have I been guilty of putting a book, article before individuals rather than simply helping people get to a place in their lives where they can read the Bible for themselves…not completely independent…
This blog-post was originally published at The Blazing Center by Mark Altrogge. It was a really good word on the dynamics of anger and I thought I’d pass it along. The Bible has a lot to say about anger. I don’t mean righteous anger, the kind of anger we can experience toward injustice or evil…
Guilt: God’s law shows me both the holiness of God’s character and that I have failed to meet his moral standards. This awareness (made possible through the Holy Spirit) then leads me to confession of sin and a desire for genuine repentance. Grace: the gospel (good news) then teaches me that Jesus Christ sided on…
Salvation – the notion of salvation carries with it the idea of being healed or liberated and conveys the concept of being freed from danger or released from captivity. Legal Substitutionary Sacrifice – Jesus assumed the identity of sinners and died as their substitute sin-beader and in the process of his sacrifice on the cross,…
“The fool says in his heart, ‘there is no God’” (Psalm 14:1). Most quote this verse as a proof-text for those that declare themselves to be atheist. However, this verse isn’t a philosophical declaration that God doesn’t exist but rather a confident affirmation that God is unconcerned about how men live morally and ethically. God is…
Theology Along the Way 