No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it. – 1 Corinthians 10:13 Have you ever felt that temptation… Read More »
Last week, I listened to this sermon from 10th Presbyterian, which was based on Colossians 3:11: Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all. The sermon explained that humans naturally and sinfully show partiality. We like to be with people that are… Read More »
For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death. – 2 Corinthians 7:10 There is such a thing as worldly grief. I may know that something I did was wrong, but be sorry for the wrong reasons. I may be sorry that I was caught or that… Read More »
Humans are tempted to sway to extremes. We are like pendulums, tending to sway to one side or the other. In contrast, God is a firm foundation. Christians must find their ballast in God’s word. A simply example may prove my point– consider the balance of Scripture on the topic of our bodies. The body… Read More »
I have a great respect for men like Wayne Grudem and Al Mohler. (I’m sure many more deserve to be on the list. For example: MacArthur, Duncan, Sproul, Piper, professors and pastors who shepherd me…) These men are scholars of the first rate. Intellectuals for Christ. In listening to one of Grudem’s sermons, what struck… Read More »
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. – 1 Peter 2:9 The Bible forbids mixed marriages. Not interracial marriages, but marriages between Christians and non-Christians. In… Read More »
Email is an important means of communication. It has helped me to keep in touch with friends, set appointments, and be informed of the news. But I have gotten to the point of being overwhelmed by email! It is simply too time consuming to read all my email! I have a love/hate relationship with technology.… Read More »
Check out this amazing imagery from Scripture’s anthropomorphic language. Consider this an update on my previous post on our tininess. The scripture, it speaks for itself here. Latin experts, would the phrase “res ipsa loquitur” work here? Thus says the LORD: “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool; what is the house… Read More »
For I the Lord do not change; therefore you, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed. – Mal 3:6 James reminds us that every good gift comes from God, “with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.” God is unchanging in his “being” and in his “perfections.” He is also unchanging in… Read More »
The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law. – Deut 29:29 In the Institutes, Johny C warns Christians not to “pry into the secret things of God.” As we study… Read More »