The Blog
Don’t Forget
I must never take for granted that my spiritual maturity is sufficient to overcome my sin nature.
Happy Beginnings
Happiness in this life is always contaminated by sin and interrupted by tragedy, sickness, disaster, and death.
Display of Glory
God wants His people to understand the depth of His holiness and the depth of the devastation of sin.
Proved Holy
Why does God cause trials and struggles and challenges to come into my life at all? Why does our Sovereign LORD cause bad things to happen in this world at all? The nuance of the language of Scripture could be understood in the following way …
End of War
Because of the curse of sin, war is pretty much inevitable. But to acknowledge that reality really breaks my heart.
Whose Agenda
it’s not that God does not want to bless us. It’s not that God does not want us to experience the good things of this world. It’s not that God does not want us to gain wisdom. He does! It’s just that God wants us to experience the goodness and the blessings of life as we pursue His purpose in this world—as we seek first His kingdom and His righteousness.
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.
Gospel Feet
It is the feet of Christ—broken and bloodied by a nail on a cross at Calvary—it is His beautiful feet that come down from the heavenly Mount Zion to bring good news, the gospel, to proclaim and deliver God’s peace forever more.