1 John, 2 Timothy, Bible, Colossians, Exodus, faith, Galatians, God, Gospel, Isaiah, Jesus, John, Leviticus, Romans
Isaiah 43:11-13. I read it and smile. Because the Old Testament always points to the New. The Bible isn’t 66 books – it’s one book pointing us to our need for the one God. “I, even I, am the Lord, and apart from me there is no savior.”...
1 John, anxiety, believe, Bible, evangelism, faith, fear, God, Gospel, Heaven, Jesus, obedience, pain, salvation, spiritual growth, suffering, trust
There’s something they don’t tell you about this Christianity thing when you sign up. I’m not saying it would be a deal-breaker if you knew about it on the front end, but I am saying we’d think longer and harder about declaring Christ to be not...
1 John, Bible, Galatians, God, grace, Jesus, Law, love, Matthew, Philippians, Romans, rules, spiritual growth
A common misconception is that Old Testament Jews were saved by keeping the law. A lot of people think if those who lived before Christ obeyed all the Jewish rules and/or made all the appropriate sacrifices when they did wrong, God would let them into Heaven. Wrong....
1 John, Bible, God, Hebrews, Jesus, John, prayer, Romans
Prayer is good. Praying for each other is good. And I appreciate people who pray for me in the privacy of their own minds. But I am taken to a whole new level of honored when someone prays for me out loud in my presence. I am humbled. I am touched someone would take...
1 John, discipline, God, idols, John, Kurt Cobain, love, obedience, sin
Hi, my name is Kelly, and I am a rebel. I’m sure this is true of all people to some degree or another, but I feel particularly prone to resist authority. I blame my older brother. He modeled rebellion well for me, for which he spent the better part of the...
1 John, Galatians, God, Holy Spirit, Psalms, sin, Titus, Uncategorized
Most of the times that I find myself lacking, I ask, “Why am I not ______?” I ask it as though I expect that “normal”, “good”, “healthy” people are ______ by nature, but, for some reason, I am not. I search for an...
