Peaceable people lay aside warlike traits: defensiveness, aggression, criticism, self-justification, scoring points, touchiness to offenses. These moral weeds — the ‘filthiness and rampant wickedess’ that comes from the anger of man (James 1:20-21) — get plucked up by the roots and begin to wilt. Sweet fruit begins to grow as the Word of God and…
Peaceable people lay aside warlike traits: defensiveness, aggression, criticism, self-justification, scoring points, touchiness to offenses. These moral weeds — the ‘filthiness and rampant wickedess’ that comes from the anger of man (James 1:20-21) — get plucked up by the roots and begin to wilt. Sweet fruit begins to grow as the Word of God and…
This is taken from Rico Tice’s book, Honest Evangelism: how to talk about Jesus even when it’s tough. He writes, Mark 8 v 14 is Jesus’ description of what it will mean to follow him. It is on that no public relations expert or marketing department would ever come up with: ‘Whoever wants to by my…
It is very important that you get your self-image from Jesus. He will never lie to you, and he will always love you. Don’t ask your enemy to tell you the truth about yourself…Don’t even ask someone who loves you and see you through the eyes of love. Instead, go to Jesus and ask him.…
Seven Gospel truths to rehearse to your soul: I am saved. As soon as I repented from my sins and believed in the gospel, my sins were forgiven and I received the Holy Spirit. This is real. Romans 10:13; Ephesians 1:13-14 I have Jesus’ perfect record put to my account. 2 Corinthians 5:21 No longer…
Seven Gospel truths to rehearse to your soul: I am saved. As soon as I repented from my sins and believed in the gospel, my sins were forgiven and I received the Holy Spirit. This is real. Romans 10:13; Ephesians 1:13-14 I have Jesus’ perfect record put to my account. 2 Corinthians 5:21 No longer…
In denying Christ Peter said, “I do not know the man” (Matthew 26:74). Those who follow Christ must say that to themselves. Self-denial means knowing only Christ; no longer knowing oneself. It means no longer seeing oneself, only Him who is going ahead, no longer seeing the way which is too difficult for us. Self-denial…
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…
It is very important that you get your self-image from Jesus. He will never lie to you, and he will always love you. Don’t ask your enemy to tell you the truth about yourself…Don’t even ask someone who loves you and sees you through the eyes of love. Instead, go to Jesus and ask Him.…
Chuck Lawless give a helpful, simple and biblical approach to start walking in victory over sin. Original post can be found here. I recently read an older article about addiction, a problem the author (and others before her) called “the spiritual disease of our time.”[i] A few quotes about addiction capture the author’s thinking: “One of…
Theology Along the Way 