My soul clings to you,Your right hand upholds me.
Our belief in God would destroy us
This article is part of a series that begins here. An outline can be found here. Be careful what you wish for . . . Some will ask if God…
The Worship God brings to us. . . we bring nothing
In our pursuit of worship are we pursuing a “transcendent” experience where we emotionally feel a certain way or are we coming to worship knowing the power of God to…
The Gospel is for the believer – Part 9
We fight by faith “Blessed be the LORD, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle; he is my steadfast love and my fortress my…
Clouds and trembling
Sometimes our paths are cloudy, and we can’t see what is ahead of us. And sometimes the ground trembles. It is in these times that the words of the scripture…
Good News, not good advice
I wish you would bear with me in a little foolishness. Do bear with me! For I feel a divine jealousy for you, since I betrothed you to one husband,…
The Father did not despise the shame
This article is part of a series that begins here. An outline can be found here. The story of hiddenness Questions often have presumptions We all have heard that “there…
There no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a fearful expectation of judgement
The Gospel has come will we harden our hearts or embrace the lavish grace and rely on Jesus alone?
Come . . .
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,…
Trembling before the Beautiful
Letter written to a friend sometime in 2006 I am still learning about this, so I do not know if I can explain this well and I do not have…
Futile suffering in this world
The Problem of Futile Suffering I listened as an atheist admitted that the most difficult quandary for him in believing in God is the presence of pointless suffering. He could…
