My soul clings to you,Your right hand upholds me.
Wisdom is being knocked down
If you stand in the truth, nothing can knock you down. If you don’t stand in the truth, then it is blessing to be knocked down. If you are to…
Let the blow come . . .
“Let a righteous man strike me—it is a kindness; let him rebuke me—it is oil for my head; let my head not refuse it.” Psalm 141:5 Our sinful nature endears…
The Gospel pursues beauty, Legalism holds back in fear
The Gospel pursues beauty, wisdom, growth, and the best in life knowing that it is accepted. Legalism pursues only those measures seen as obtainable and is ruled by fear, anxiety…
The Comfort of facing the devastation of sin
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…
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,…
The duty of Joy
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…
Come with me on an adventure
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.
Riches
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…
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…
Wisdom is a person
A big step in becoming wise is to realize that the world view that we have held on to far so long is messed up. We must come to realize…
