faith, Father, grace, Holy Spirit, Jesus, John, ministry, plans, waiting
I am acutely aware of my frailty. I was gonna use the word “suckiness” instead. And, apparently, I still am. But that’s a tad more negative than how I really feel. I am acutely aware that I do not have the power or determination to will myself into...
2 Corinthians, Bible study, Genesis, grace, Jesus, Job, John, Joseph, Mark, Paul, suffering
Yesterday, I posted Part 1 of my 2-part sermon on God’s sufficient grace. As promised, here is Part 2!
2 Corinthians, Bible study, Genesis, grace, Jesus, Job, John, Joseph, Mark, pain, Paul, suffering
I wrote a post back in 2013 that has been my most-read post to date. In it I set out to answer the question, “What, exactly, is God’s grace sufficient for?” Apparently, a lot of you have asked that question, because over 57,000 of you have taken to...
Acts, anger, evangelism, Gospel, grace, Holy Spirit, identity, Jesus, love, relationships, witnessing
In the evangelical Christian world, we often treat “witnessing” as something on our to-do list. It’s what we are supposed to do (but very few of us do it…). Never mind that non-Christians aren’t tasks to be checked off but human beings to...
1 Samuel, forgiveness, God, grace, Holy Spirit, James, Jesus, Judges, obedience, Philippians, prayer, redemption, sin
A lot of times when I am going through a time of not caring about much, having a “meh” attitude about life, I slip into some pretty comfortable sins. Perhaps my favorite one is not doing the good I know I ought to do, per James 4:17. I don’t use my...
2 Peter, God, grace, temptation, trials
“…the Lord knows how to rescue godly men from temptations…” (2 Peter 2:9, NASB) I hadn’t ever heard it put that way before. I could use a God like that because, frankly, I can’t rescue myself from temptations. I know me. I know my flesh. I know the allure temptations...
