I’ve read this awhile ago and wanted to pass it on. Read and reflect on this awesome truth! Alexander the Great had a general whose daughter was getting married. Alexander valued this soldier greatly and offered to pay for the wedding. When the general gave Alexander’s steward the bill, it was absolutely enormous. The steward came to…
This is a great word my soul concerning the arduous task of loving people and not simply from a pastoral perspective but in general. Read it with an open mind and ask God to point out areas in your life where you’re doing well and areas where you need to improve. Thank you Stephen Altrogge. Original…
People never say, please listen I’m about to share a significant moment in my past OR please listen I’m about to reveal the motives of why I think a particular way or why I did something — Paul David Tripp For that reason, a person needs to be skilled in asking questions in order to…
Why do we tend to live in the casual and superficial rather than the deep and personal regarding relationships? Busyness traps us into having superficial, casual conversations We buy into the lie that we are unique and struggle in ways that one else does We prefer darkness rather than light – we find the searching…
Why do we tend to live in the casual and superficial rather than deep and personal regarding relationships? Busyness traps us into having superficial, casual conversations We buy into the lie that we are unique and struggle in ways that one else does We prefer darkness rather than light – we find the searching light…
The good news of the gospel of Jesus Christ is a “then-now-then” gospel. First, there is the “then” of the past. When I embrace Christ by faith, my sins are completely forgiven, and I stand before God as righteous. There is also the “then” of the future, the promise of eternity with the Lord, free…
The good news of the gospel of Jesus Christ is a “then-now-then” gospel. First, there is the “then” of the past. When I embrace Christ by faith, my sins are completely forgiven, and I stand before God as righteous. There is also the “then” of the future, the promise of eternity with the Lord, free…
Change is hard. Read Jeremiah 13:23; 22:21 – what is Jeremiah referring to? Wrong interpretation: referring to sinful nature with which men are born. However, Calvin insists that it should be understood as a description of “the habit that is contracted by long practice.” Jeremiah makes the point elsewhere in Jeremiah 22:21. Change is a cooperative act (Phil…
Paul’s words in 2 Corinthians 7:10-11 reveal the seriousness of exemplifying a worldly remorse or sorrow over against a godly remorse or sorrow. A worldly sorrow brings regret that leads to death, whereas a godly sorrow does not bring regret and leads to salvation. Barnett in his Second Corinthians Commentary writes, “the structure of Paul’s…
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…
Theology Along the Way 