As a mature believer, I have the liberty to love my Christian brothers and sisters enough not to provoke them.
Category: faith
Getting Our Bearings Right
"For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law." (Proverbs 4:2) Before you head out anywhere, it’s best to have good directions. Personally, I had GPS before it was cool. I had a Global Positioning Spouse. Jane can read a map like nobody’s business and she’s very good at estimating arrival times. If … Continue reading Getting Our Bearings Right
Just Praying to Ourselves
When you and I go to God in prayer, we must take the time to let God show us who we really are so that we humble ourselves before Him as the publican did. Otherwise, we're just praying to ourselves.
Counterfeit Greatness
When Jesus answered the disciples' question about who would be greatest in His kingdom, His answer probably surprised them all.
But what do you do when it all goes wrong?
Have you ever made a decision to do the right thing before God, gone after it with your whole heart and then slammed into a brick wall of resistance?
DeJa’Vu All Over Again: How the Flood and the Lord’s Return are Alike
Building on his assertion that the promises of God are sure, Peter transitions from his talk regarding Noah and the Flood to speaking about the Lord’s return.
Scoffers in the Last Days. Still, the Same Old Questions.
Long before modern media, Peter predicted the advent of revisionism and false reporting.
Promises, promises
False teachers are like unreliable springs. They hold out promise, but fail to deliver.
Dumber Than a Sack of Potatoes
Yesterday I was looking for potatoes to make mashed potatoes for dinner. I looked in the pantry and found none. When my wife got home, I told her we were out of potatoes. She opened the same pantry and in two seconds pointed to a 10-pound bag of them sitting in plain sight. I looked … Continue reading Dumber Than a Sack of Potatoes
Like a father pities (even his wayward) children…
Sadly, there are many of us who call ourselves believers who will be entering heaven in spite of ourselves. We won’t have much in the way of crowns to cast at our Savior’s feet, but we can still praise Him for our redemption because as a father pities (even his wayward) children, so the LORD pities them that fear Him.
Grace in Waves 