“So be content with who you are, and don’t put on airs. God’s strong hand is on you. . .” Be content with who you are and all your not-enoughness. We are not God. He remembers how He formed us—limited, finite creatures of dust—He was there after all! But how often do we forget this?... Continue Reading

“[S]eek first his kingdom and his righteousness…” Not second. Not when things settle down. First. A.W. Tozer put it plainly: “We are called to an everlasting preoccupation with God.” Not an occasional preoccupation. Everlasting.   Every leader I know tracks numbers. Revenue. Attendance. Headcount. Growth. There’s nothing wrong with that. Data matters. But here’s a... Continue Reading

We often remember the church father Augustine for his preconversion life of sexual sin—his illicit lover and his famous prayer (“Grant me chastity, but not yet”). But the more I read Confessions, the more I notice how pride runs just as deep and just as long, and arguably does more damage. Augustine describes his younger... Continue Reading

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about restlessness and consistency. It’s easy to get bored, to feel like life isn’t shaping up to be what you expected. We look out and see the kinds of lives others appear to be living and we wonder why ours may not be quite what we want.     ... Continue Reading

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

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

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

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

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

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