The Blog
Don’t Forget
I must never take for granted that my spiritual maturity is sufficient to overcome my sin nature.
Display of Glory
God wants His people to understand the depth of His holiness and the depth of the devastation of sin.
Heart Surgery
We need God to remove the heart of stone that is in us. Our hearts become calloused and hardened whenever we seek first the things of this world. … We need God to put a new heart of flesh in us, one that beats with the blood of Christ pumping through its ventricles. … Without God performing His surgery on our hearts, we cannot be His people, and He will not be our God.
Eternal Prosperity
The prosperity that we so desperately seek is not of this world. Whatever prosperity that humanity may attain in this life is fleeting. And that prosperity is fleeting because of the sinfulness of the human heart. The word of God bears witness that it is perfectly fine for us to pursue prosperity in our lives. But the pursuit of prosperity must be subordinate to the pursuit of God’s purposes.
Friends
There is God, then there are His people, and then there is the rest of the world. In God’s economy, a person should not want to find themselves grouped with “the rest of the world.” Outside of God’s kingdom, there is no protection from the curse of sin. And most of all, there is no protection from the wrath of God itself. Inside the kingdom of God, we are protected by the blood of Christ that stains the frame of the gates of the kingdom.
See Something, Say Something
God calls us to faithfully proclaim His truth and lovingly point others to Christ.
Cornerstone
When Christ is the cornerstone of our lives, we have a sure foundation that will help us stand firm through every circumstance.
My Longing
I am sick to death of sickness and death. I long for the day when the trials and tribulations and the tragedies of this world will be no more—not just for myself, but for everyone who calls on the name of the Lord. But what about those people who do not call on the name of the Lord?
God’s Wisdom
Outside of God’s kingdom, a few fortunate people may find prosperity, but never peace. The vast majority of people outside of God’s kingdom find neither prosperity nor peace. Even if a small minority of people outside of God’s kingdom do find some tiny measure of peace and prosperity, their eternal destiny is still hell. But no one has a right to blame God. That is their choice, not God’s.
The Gospel
God wants to bless us. And He created this world in order to bless us. And in order to receive God’s blessing, we have to live according to God’s economy—God’s ways, God’s purpose, God’s plan.