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There is no sin that I have done That has such height and breadth It can’t be washed in Jesus’ blood Or covered by His death. There is no spot that still remains, No cause to hide my face, For He has stooped to wash me clean And covered me with grace. My wife and [...]
[ Read More → ]It’s been a long time since I was in high school, but I still remember sitting in the library across a desk from my friend Bonnie. I was trying to give her the gospel and she’d just shot me a skeptical look. “I don’t believe that,” she said coolly. “If what you’re saying is true, [...]
[ Read More → ]What exactly is your relationship, as a Christian, to Jesus Christ? This is not a trite question. All over the New Testament, and particularly in the writings of Paul, we find the idea that we are ‘in Christ,’ ‘in Jesus Christ,’ or ‘in Him.’ What is meant by that expression? That’s important because of what [...]
[ Read More → ]In the last post, I gave an example of a passage of Scripture I believe teaches how a believer should access the Word as a means of Grace—namely, through faith. So what does it look like when believers access the Scripture by faith under temptation? I don’t have time to make a full theology of [...]
[ Read More → ]In my last two articles here and here, we explored a little bit about God’s intentions for his children, and we focused on the phrase in 2 Peter 1 where he reveals that God is going to make us “sharers in the divine nature.” That’s an amazing thought. Little wonder that it’s formed the foundations [...]
[ Read More → ]In the previous post, I stated that theology (knowing God…through the Word) is a means to becoming more like Jesus. In this post I want to explore one passage as an example of how we should know the Word. The availability of the Scripture is a great help to a Christian’s sanctification, unless of course [...]
[ Read More → ]I passed a student in the canteen once who was wearing a t-shirt that screamed Justify your Existence! She probably wasn’t trying to make a big statement about anything (after all, she didn’t even speak English), but as a slogan, it’s not without merit. After all, there are a million things you could be reading [...]
[ Read More → ]So, imagine that you have a counselee come to you who is obviously agitated. He is frustrated and sorrowful that he is so sinful (can’t I dream?). He asks “How can I change to be more like Jesus?” What would you tell him? Could the answer be as simple as the old children’s song [...]
[ Read More → ]How does God prove his love and goodness to people in times of great sadness? Here’s how he proved it to me as I was driving to work yesterday morning. It was a somewhat rainy, dreary day. My grandmother had passed away two nights before, and I had spent the previous evening making travel arrangements [...]
[ Read More → ]Being the divinely invested sibling of Christ is a staggering thought. In fact, it’s so staggering, it’s probably overwhelming. It’s like being told that God exists beyond space and time. Most of us frown, ponder for a moment, and then shake our heads. We believe it, but we lack the mental framework to make very [...]
[ Read More → ]If you’re on board with Peter’s idea that knowing God is the key to eternal, divinely empowered life (and that would be a wise choice, since Peter was the mouthpiece of the Holy Spirit when he said that), then that means that whatever gets in the way of knowing God is getting in the way [...]
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