Parents: when your kids ask, “why do we follow these rules God gives us?” be ready to answer them the way Moses directed — by telling of God’s saving work. Here’s a sampling of some ways we can do this that Jack Klumpenhower gives in his book: Kids, why do we share with others? “For…
Are you an effective preacher? This is a helpful list that Dave Harvey provides in his book Am I Called? The Summons To Pastoral Ministry. The gospel factor: Does the man’s preaching move people toward the gospel? The Bible factor: Does he haven an aptitude for doctrine? Does he exegete Scripture competently? The eagerness…
Walter Marshall, a 17th century English pastor, insightfully pointed out in his book The Gospel Mystery of Sanctification that the gospel is a double force in a Christian’s life. What does that mean? The good news that we’re forgiven, adopted, and forever loved by God creates thankfulness and hope of life with Jesus. this draws us to Him…
Leon Morris (author/commentator) commenting on John 13 says the following: Jesus was about to die, to die the atoning death that meant cleansing for his people. There is no other way of being Christ’s than in receiving the cleaning he died to bring. If he does not wash us in this way, we have no…
In reading Tim Keller’s The Meaning of Marriage I came across two truths regarding how God relates to us that I wanted to pass along. First, God exemplifies radical truthfulness about who we are. The second is God exemplifies radical, unconditional commitment to us. These two truths should not only encourage us as we ponder…
Pastor Ron Edmondson posted this several months ago and I wanted to include it on my blog for a couple reasons. 1) To be reminded of some of the powerful statements that Jesus made and 2) to discern what believing these statements mean as we seek to apply them. You can find the original post…
This is a simply and highly practical word on how to overcome busyness. You can find the full article here.
Timothy Beougher wrote a helpful book several years ago entitled Overcoming Walls to Witnessing. In the chapter Breaking the Wall of Apathy, he gives 5 ways to develop a heart for lost people that I wanted to pass on. Honestly face the truth that people outside of Christ are destined for hell,…
Legalism is attempting to earn God’s approval with our works. It is man’s attempt to qualify himself to stand before God on his own merits. We are recovering legalists, for there was a time, before Christ rescued us, when we attempted to find our joy in ourselves, our salvation by ourselves. Now we trust His…
Here’s some insight Paul Tripp gives on understanding the biblical function of our hearts. He shares that the order of the questions must not be changed. You can change the verbiage but its important to walk through these question in the order given. What was going on? This question is designed to simply get a sense…
Theology Along the Way 