Even casual Bible-readers can quickly detect God’s high regard for the humble. Tragically, many proclaiming themselves “Christian” these days appear to have either glossed over or mentally redacted those passages entirely. Before we get started, the great danger inherent to writing about humility is my being perceived as proclaiming the equivalent of “Humility & How I Achieved It”… Read More »
Many identifying themselves as Christians on social media hotly debate the topic of “what is “church,” specifically what a church’s goals should be, what should it look and feel like to its congregation, and what sorts of activities and music should take place there. In some cases, the question being asked is “Why do we need it?” or… Read More »
In my opening article in this series, I addressed in passing the essential truth that none of us is worthy to approach God’s throne of grace by own merits, but only by grace through faith in Jesus’ finished work of the cross. In this installment almost 3 years later, I felt the need to explore this topic in greater depth… Read More »
My step-brother George passed away on Wednesday, December 17, 2014. He was born just short of being exactly 3-years-to-the-day older than me, making him 64 at the time. George and I were not particularly close and had little in the way of common interests, though he helped Tess and me immensely by performing our home inspection before we… Read More »
Lately I’ve been making the case that the God of the Bible does not go around killing His children, inflicting them with diseases, or causing disasters. In my previous post, we covered how God is indeed sovereign, but He has limited His sovereignty in this earth by His own will. There, we discussed the first way He had… Read More »
