God, Machines, and Biblical Christianity
Use the new technologies and things like AI carefully and for good outcomes, but take great care in being seduced by their dehumanising and anti-God proclivities.
Being new to Christianity, I can’t pretend it’s not convenient. I’ve never read the Bible all the way through, but I have an app that summarizes it for me, that texts me a passage every day. I use #Bible and Hallow and Glorify. And I’m sure this kind of thing has attracted more young people,... Continue Reading
The Wonderful Christololgy of Thomas Goodwin
"Thy misery can never exceed His [Christ's] mercy. . . . Therefore let neither [sin nor misery] discourage any from coming unto Christ for grace and mercy."
Goodwin labors to show us, Christ’s church, especially from the Book of Hebrews, that our Messiah is very active in heaven for His people on earth; and that, in His human nature, He sympathizes with us and shares our griefs and sorrows (and joys). Goodwin teaches that Jesus Christ, as God’s Great High Priest, given... Continue Reading
Does God have emotions?
God is constant in his love, goodness, wrath, and mercy.
The Confession states that God is without body, parts, or passions (Chapter 2.1). I believe that means, in part, that God does not experience emotional reactions to his creation. In fact, God is pure act, and never reacts. My friend, on the other hand, believes that, God loves as a man loves. Though in a... Continue Reading
Experiencing Your Identity in Christ
The more you fill your mind with the biblical truth about who you are, the more your self-image will come into line with God-revealed reality.
Both the prideful and the self-depreciating views are a product of a conformed mind, a mind that takes its cues from the world or self or Satan rather than from God. The transformed mind is very different. Just because God has made us righteous and guiltless in Christ doesn’t mean we automatically experience the... Continue Reading
Seven Ways Children Can Honor Parents
I wonder though, did we come to read a list of things for our kids to do for us, or for a reminder that we are children of God Himself?
When they do things without grumbling. Grumbling shows that there is a lack of trust in plans or provisions. A lack of grumbling is a display of trust. When they submit to discipline. While no child likes discipline, submission to discipline shows that they trust that their parents don’t intend their harm, and they also... Continue Reading
On Pleasant Places, Part 4: Delight in God’s Instruction
We can read, believe, and meditate on the same Scriptures that David had—and many more—and we can apply them to our decisions.
When we’re waiting to fall asleep at night, where do our thoughts turn? The very best place is the Scripture that we’ve memorized. Through protection. 8 I have set the Lord continually before me; Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. What does it mean that David has “set the Lord... Continue Reading
Growing Pains
“…he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ” Philippians 1:6b.
Jesus was without sin, but not without suffering, not only on the cross but during the rest of His life. All this matured Him. It wasn’t that He was deficient, but it was God’s design for Him to feel the effects of living in the fallen world, and for Him to rise above it in... Continue Reading
How We Became Hypocrites
A reflection on Matthew 7: 1-5 and selected passages.
“Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how... Continue Reading
Continue Steadfastly in Prayer
Prayer is effective. God uses the prayers of His people as a means by which to do miracles, from physical healing, to provision, and of course to save. Knowing this, how can we neglect prayer?
While we know that time in prayer is beneficial and vital, it is something that most Christians have to fight for in their daily life. Much of the time this neglect isn’t intentional, hence the command to be watchful. Other ways that we can translate this command are ‘be alert,’ or ‘be awake.’ It’s the... Continue Reading
Peter’s Protest
Only by the cleansing He provides can any be washed of their iniquity and cleansed of all unrighteousness.
In dramatic overreaction, Peter blurts out. “Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head!” (John 13:9) But Jesus reins him in and clarifies His mission. “Jesus said to him, ‘He who is bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is completely clean; and you are clean, but not all of... Continue Reading
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