Jesus promised, “I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand” (John 10:28). We don’t cling out of fear of losing Him, rather we cling because nothing can separate us from His love. This is where our journey begins, not with our strength, but... Continue Reading

“I’ve been in work and life situations that seemed hopeless.Sometimes I received counsel to give up, but God gave me grace to persevere, and many times I was a better person for it, and good came from it.”   Are you familiar with The Stockdale Paradox? It was popularized by Jim Collins in his excellent... Continue Reading

There are times…when we will sin against one another.  And the danger is that if we react to that sin out of our old nature with anger, rage, bitterness, slander and malice, we’ll destroy the church.   We’re spending a few weeks looking at some of the ‘one another’ commands God gives his church as we... Continue Reading

The Christian Stoic does not serve the Inner Critic. The drill sergeant has been replaced by the Advocate. We fight our sin not out of a terrifying fear of failure, but from the secure, unshakeable foundation of a son who knows he is already loved and justified by his Father.   Every man has a... Continue Reading

The Gospel transcends denominational boundaries. God saves them in spite of what we have articulated are errors in the Eastern Orthodox Church. I have personally witnessed this even among Roman Catholics. I personally know this because I was one of them.   The Eastern Orthodox Church has held an allure among Evangelical Protestant Christians for... Continue Reading

This is our hope. It’s in a resurrected Christ, and because of His resurrection, He invites us into resurrection as well. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the... Continue Reading

Our salvation—and the salvation of the entire world—can’t be achieved by the works of our hands. It will only arrive as a gift of God’s grace through the work of Jesus Christ. Keeping the Sabbath of the Lord is designed to bring us, in mind, spirit, and body, to the Lord of the Sabbath—Jesus Christ.... Continue Reading

When we find ourselves in confusing circumstances or feeling the fragility of our own faith, we must remember that our God is not in a hurry to dismiss us. He is the God of the winepress and the fleece—a God who is patient, kind, and ever committed to His covenant people.   The Book of... Continue Reading

The man who harbors sin in his heart is always far from God. And, if you humble yourself and go to God, He will tear the idols from your heart, because His beauty exposes the ugliness of sin, and His life exposes the death and decay of sin.   Sam Allberry, a self-proclaimed “Christian who... Continue Reading

Sin causes us to jump from one extreme to the other while missing the “marrow” of truth. This is classic for Legalism and Antinomianism. It is often a ping pong match between these two that misses the gospel altogether. When someone reacts to Antinomianism, they often are tempted to respond with Legalism.   Introduction Antinomianism... Continue Reading