There's a deep learning for us from Paul's life as we look at the repeated descriptions of his encounter with Jesus and his estimation of his importance in light of grace.
A. Paul's Testimonies: Increasing…
John 4:23-24.
“Doctrine is merely chatter unless deployed to make disciples,” wrote Kevin J. Vanhoozer in his book, Hearers and Doers: A Pastor’s Guide to Making Disciples through Scripture and Doctrine
I think he picked…
Hebrews 12:2. looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of…
Galatians 1:3
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,
Paul’s greeting in each of his epistles is “grace and peace to you” or a similar variation of it. …
There is a mystery in worship that many of us tend to miss.
We think of singing as something we offer — lifting our voices to reach a holy God, stretching upward through the smoke of praise…
“Jesus ate His way through the Gospel of Luke.” — Tim Chester
I had to read it twice, not for its lack of clarity, but because it was convicting.
Luke portrays Jesus as the…
A Selah Reflection on Isaiah 45:3 & 45:7
“I will give you the treasures of darkness and the hoards in secret places, that you may know that it is I, the Lord, the God of…
You return to a passage you’ve read a dozen times before. But today — something stirs. A word you never noticed glows with weight. A phrase feels like a whisper meant just for you.
How…
The term “father wound” gets talked about during Father’s Day and it is not complimentary.
This wound is suffered when fathers are absent, negligent, or even abusive. It may be intentional or otherwise. Father wound…
He chose the best and rose to become a leader in the city. The Bible calls him righteous, but he was not rich toward God. Though his soul was vexed, he allowed his heart to…