Bible, Cain, Genesis, God, grace, obedience, rules, sin
There is a rule of thumb for how we ought to live. It’s pretty simple, straight-forward. And I found it in Genesis 4 the other day. God is speaking with Cain after he offers a sacrifice to God Cain knew would be inadequate. If you do what is right, will you not...
Bible, fear, God, grace, idols, Jeremiah, mercy, sin
Yesterday we looked at Jeremiah 2 and saw ourselves in Israel’s rebellion. Like the Israelites, sometimes we choose to abandon God and go find substitute gods. We stop trusting the Lord and trust ourselves instead. We lose our awe of the Lord; we harden our...
Bible, God, idols, Jeremiah, Romans, sin, worship
One thing I love about the Bible is that it’s about me. And we all know how much I love me. I’m my favorite subject. I was reading Jeremiah 2 and 3 yesterday and saw myself in nearly every verse. That’s really bad news if you know anything about...
Bible, discipline, God, growing, Isaiah, sin
Sometimes life isn’t all roses. We struggle to make sense of things. We are afflicted – by self and by people and by circumstances outside of ourselves. We don’t always (ever?) understand why God allows or causes things to happen the way they do....
God, Jesus, obedience, sin, trust
Sometimes I sin and actually tell myself, “This is no big deal. Sure, God doesn’t like it, but it’s petty sin. Like petty theft – it doesn’t really hurt anyone.” That’s what I say. And I am wrong. Because sin – any sin...
Acts, Bible, Ephesians, John, sin
I’ve spent the last week or so asking God to convict me about something so I could repent and then begin to repair what I’ve broken through my sinning. While I was freely admitting in my mind that my action had been sin, I didn’t feel bad about it....
