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Blogging through Romans 5-8… Ambitious but exciting!
After taking a week off from the blog, I have prayerfully decided to spend the next weeks working through Romans 5-8 in a devotional sort of manner. Essentially, I will take a passage each day and reflect briefly on the … Continue reading
Contentment in Christ alone
I am probably one of the worst about growing discontent, as I am constantly fighting the idea that “the grass is greener on the other side.” For some reason that thought is quite appealing to me. It is probably related … Continue reading
What happens? – Mark #4 “A Biblical Understanding of Conversion”
According to the Bible, however, the real change of Christian conversion involves relying on Christ alone. We are not simply to try to justify ourselves before God, to improve our life a little bit here and a little bit there, … Continue reading
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Tagged church, faith, Jesus, Mark Dever
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Excruciating pain ending in an unjust death… good news?
Flesh beaten, battered, bruised and torn. A whip with nine cords, equipped with pieces of bone and metal to tear the prisoners back, pounding down every minute. Prisoners sometimes couldn’t withstand this scourging and would die during the beating, but … Continue reading
Gospel-centered Living
Whether we admit it or not, most of us live as if we are saved by faith and then live by works. We realize that we can’t save ourselves, but we try to sanctify ourselves through trying harder. Unfortunately, this usually … Continue reading
The mystery of sanctification…
“…work out your own salvation with fear and trembling…” (Philippians 2:12b) In the protestant world we are not used to having the words ‘work’ and ‘salvation’ in the same sentence, yet here it is in Paul’s letter to the Philippians. … Continue reading
Is it worth it?
The Christian life isn’t easy. In fact, Jesus tells us that we will be persecuted and that we will be the targets of Satan’s attacks. It is going to be hard at times. It is going to be frustrating. It is going … Continue reading
God’s Trustworthy Guidance
How often do we hear people say that they are seeking God’s will? Time and time again people tell me about the mystical answer to prayer that they are hoping to receive as they seek God about one decision or … Continue reading
Mark Driscoll on Religion [video]
To be Christian does not mean try harder to live according to a set of rules, but it means admitting that you have failed and now you are turning to Jesus in faith. Religion leads to either pride or despair, … Continue reading
