Do You Have The Joy of a Gospel Transformed Life?
In October, Eugene Peterson, known best for The Message and for his inextinguishable joy, went home to be with the Lord. On his passing, the family wrote: During the previous days, ...
A Power From On High To Rescue Us
If all Jesus Christ can do is tell me that I must be holy, His teaching only causes me to despair. Oswald Chambers This is how Christianity differs from other ...
Two Months to Victorious Freedom: #1
This year, we have two months before Lent begins, and this blog will be simplified, with less homework, yet I pray, powerful for us. So often we make and break ...
Mary! The final woman in the genealogy of Christ.
Poet Luci Shaw has said that Protestants, in reaction to what they perceive as a worship of Mary in Catholicism, have fallen off on the other side, abandoning her, to ...
Ruth, Taking Hold of What Christ Took Hold For Her
Ruth is the 3rd woman listed in the genealogy of Christ. She exemplifies an important truth for the greatest adventure. She took hold of that for which Christ had taken ...
Rahab, a Prostitute in The Lineage of Christ
Grace, Grace, God's Grace, Grace that is Greater Than All Our Sin... Though she had three strikes against her: woman, prostitute, and Canaanite... She is elevated three times in the ...
Tamar and Judah: “She is More Righteous Than I”
This Advent we are looking at the women named in the genealogy of Christ. If you are thinking, "How boring!" Think again. There are fascinating treasures here for you. My ...
Preparing for Advent 2018
We all need Advent. It reflects the truth that even during the darkest time of the year, there is a Light that shines in the darkness, a Light the darkness ...
THANKSGIVING WEEK 2018!
THANKSGIVING IS BEAUTIFUL IN ITS SIMPLICITY, FREEDOM OF WORSHIPNORMAN ROCKWELL IN HOW BOTH AUTUMN & HARVEST SPEAK ETERNAL TRUTHS, AND IN HOW ITS GREAT HYMNS, FROM ...
31 Days of Thanksgiving (Does it actually save you?)
When I first heard that Ann VosKamp's One Thousand Gifts was staying on the New York Time's bestseller list, I thought: Really? A book on something as elementary as giving ...
31 Days of Giving Thanks (With the help of Andrew Peterson’s “Is He Worthy?)
This week we are going to allow God's gift of music to stir our hearts toward thankfulness, for music has power. I see it in prison all the time. They ...
31 Days of Giving Thanks (With help from Eugene Peterson)
This is our second week of our "giving thanks journey" leading up to Thanksgiving. Early Monday morning Eugene Peterson went to be with the Lord. He has blessed so many ...
31 Days of Thankfulness (Days 1-6)
It seems almost unbelievable that simply sowing seeds of thankfulness could transform your life, producing abundant joy, peace, and love -- but scriptures and studies tell us it is true. ...
Election: A Hard Truth
Romans 9 is one of the hardest chapters in the whole Bible because it explains election, which many believers simply cannot accept. But I cannot, before God, skip Romans ...
MY KING AND MY GOD! (Psalm 5) No matter what life brings…
We've been looking at a pattern in Scripture, where God says: You are my people! And His people reply: You are my God! This is the heart attitude we are ...