Those Little Doubts
Those nagging little doubts get in the way. We trudt God but we want assurances that things will work out exactly aas we wish.
Faith
Getting older and the hope of glory
I know I’m getting older. I used to hop up and down into the bed of a pickup with no problem. Now I much prefer to use a step stool. It’s not as cool, but I don’t look or feel as uncoordinated as I would without one, and frankly, it’s safer. As they say, “Getting older isn’t for wimps.” For all my young friends, you...
Faith and Works: Resting in the Balance God Designed
There is a weird tension in Christianity between faith and works. The bible is abundantly clear that we are saved by faith For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not of works, so that no one may boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them. Ephesians 2:8-10 At the same...
# Right Belief Must Become Right Living
Recently, I slammed my hand in a door. I’m ashamed to admit that a stream of pre-Christian expletives came out of my lips. By and large, I’ve done a good job of removing those words, but I can still slip. There are times when what I do or say doesn’t align with what I believe or who I profess to be. Theologians have two words...
Is Christianity Too Narrow? What critics miss about the gospel.
Is Christianity too narrow? What critic miss about the gospel
Profound Change: The Journey to New Creation
Like butterflies from caterpillars, Christians experience eprofound changes
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
We stand on the shoulders of giants – men and women in the faith who were before us carring the gospel and truth
Upon This Rock
In Matthew 16 is a well-known but controversially understood verse. Jesus asks the disciples who they think He is and gets various replies. Upon hearing Peter’s reply, Jesus says, “…and upon this rock I will build My church.” He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” And Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” And Jesus answered and said to...