From my college days, I’ve loved Oswald Chamber’s My Utmost For His Highest. I didn’t realize until recently that you can read the devotionals for each day online. I found yesterday’s…
“I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.” (Romans 8:18)
There’s an illustration that I’ve used in the past that helps me visualize…
I hadn’t realized until recently that one of the main topics of the book of 1 Peter is the theme of suffering. Peter is writing to a group of Christians that are about to suffer…
“Come suffer with us!” Maybe that should be what we advertise on our church signs. It would be more honest than much of what we see out there.
The New Testament makes it clear that…
Jay Guin is doing an interesting study on pacifism over on his blog. That’s a topic that I would like to explore sometime; for now, I’ll just point you to Jay’s works and the discussion over…
The Jewish Talmud is the record of rabbinic discussions concerning the Law. One of the stated aims of the Talmud was to “build a fence around the Torah.” One Jewish website describes that…
For years now, I’ve enjoyed receiving a rather unique devotional by e-mail, something called Thought For The Day by Alan Smith. Alan no longer publishes every day; I’m not even sure if…
Bob and Sally Tamez are friends of ours. We’ve become close to them and their kids: Casey, Tina, Joey and Timothy. Some of you know that I’ve been asking for prayers for Joey. I received…
Do we have a history outside that recorded in the Bible? Are we not direct spiritual heirs of the first century church? When we base everything we do on the Bible, what does it matter what…
I believe in salvation by grace through faith.
Yes, I believe in salvation by faith. I just think we need to know what we are talking about when we say faith.
Saving faith is not mental…
