My soul clings to you,Your right hand upholds me.
Love as I have loved you
A letter written to a friend: I wrote this in my journal right before you asked me to pray for you last night: “This is My commandment, that you love…
We cannot work righteousness
We cannot work righteousness in our lives. We cannot be holy through our own effort. Just as we were saved through grace by the power of the work of Christ,…
May God enable others to see my weakness
This may sound strange. But hope others see me as weak. Not in a pitiful sense, but in the sense that what ever strength is seen in me is credited…
The Firstborn and Beginning of God’s Creation, version 2
Warning: this article is long and more technical. I am not just demonstrating who Jesus is as the firstborn and beginning of God’s creation, but I am also tackling many…
Hearts motivation for the poor
Questions:What is the scriptural motivation for mercy and social justice? What things prevent you from being merciful? Reading: We want you to know, brothers, about the grace of God that…
Being exposed to questions against the Christian faith
It is our nature to walk by a standard, as if by some innate instinct we are driven to view our world objectively as we try to make sense of…
Peter’s Denial, pt 1: The Rooster Crow
The account of Peter’s denial is used as an example of how the Bible contradicts itself. In all the accounts but Mark, one crow is mentioned. But in Mark,…
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…
The Gospel is for the believer – Part 5
Washing with the Word/Sanctification Ephesians 5:25-27“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her, so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed…
Was the stone rolled away or not?
Was the stone rolled away when the women arrived at the tomb? In the passages of Mark, Luke, and John it is clear that the stone was rolled away before…
