God’s vision for the family is supplemental, but a part of the story of mankind. Both male and female were made in the image of God, bearing witness to the marriage of Jesus and his bride. And through marriage a…
The original sin was reinterpreting God’s word, rebelling against God’s word, and putting our interpretation of the world, wisdom, good and evil above God’s word. We tend to do this as we read the scriptures. Often we don’t know we…
If we fail to make sin devastating in order to sooth someone’s ego, we fail to comfort the soul. For when we flatter and pamper, we give a sense of self-ability and self-worth, an attitude that we can measure up,…
In leadership, we lose are rights to ourselves and have a responsibility to become servants. Our duty is to pursue what is best for those we serve. This is how God leads us. God pursues our best. Every leader is…
Have you ever wanted to be punished when you’ve done something wrong? Let’s say you’ve sinned against God, and then go to prayer and confess, and then there is nothing, your just forgiven. Or you have greatly and significantly hurt…
Not pursuing goodness with all our might do to fear of legalism keeps us from God’s riches just as does finding our worth in pursuing law and perfectionism. Both come from trying to find our worth in ourselves. Both are…
“He said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.” The root of divorce, the tensions, and our struggles in marriage are our hard hearts.…
Legalism demands perfection from others. The Gospel enjoys calling others to delight with them in the holy that we experience in our journey toward God.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. When Adam fell, he chose to find his wisdom in something other than God. He chose to discern good and evil for himself, cutting off his dependency on every word…
When God says that He will not give His glory to another, this means there is no glory, no goodness we have to offer. There is nothing I have to offer. This is awesome news. I don’t get the riches…
