The grace that saved us is the source of the change that takes place in our lives as saved people: The spiritual growth of progressive sanctification concerns something vastly deeper than a greater allegiance to God’s rules. It requires God working to fix what sin has broken, and that brokenness exists in our hearts. Only …
From a sermon by Zack Eswine: Recover a Weekly Rhythm: Passionate Work, Strategic and Wholesome Rest When God made the days and nights, this pace for a day, this rhythm for a week peeked out at us, like a shy but faithful friend (Genesis 1). We want a stronger looking friend. So we overlook the …
Helpful thoughts from Steve Brown reflecting on the conscious choice of Jesus to be involved in the lives of others, and all that choice entails. What does that mean for us. Jesus refused to be a loner. Jesus is God and one of his attributes is self-sufficiency. The Westminster Confession of Faith states, “God hath …
To the bemusement of many I usually describe a situation where expectation and reality don’t match up by invoking Genesis 29:25 “…behold, it was Leah!” J.D. Greear observes that it always is Leah, and that our expectations and disappointments reveal much about our character and trust in God. From the article: Everyone in the world …
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