Outside of Jesus we are all completely and utterly bankrupt, and it is not until we come to the place of embracing this that we can fully receive him. The Bible affirms this point of theology. The book of Joel starts out by talking about locusts...
Another great one from Oswald Chambers. And Abraham built an altar … and bound Isaac his son. Genesis 22:9. This incident is a picture of the blunder we make in thinking that the final thing God wants of us is the sacrifice of death. What God wants...
The Bible is full of commands. The most popular commands of scripture are the Ten Commandments. Anyone who went to Sunday School as a child were probably taught the Ten Commandments. There are other commands in the Bible as well. The Jewish...
Merry Christmas everyone. Today is another gem from Oswald Chambers’ My Utmost for His Highest. The battle is lost or won in the secret places of the will before God, never first in the external world. The Spirit of God apprehends me and I am...
American culture and worldview is most heavily shaped by economic concerns. This is the result of capitalism and industry being at the heart of American history and cultural persona. This is good in so many ways. It means that more people than ever...
There is something very powerful and very sacred about the simple life. The life that finds God’s gracious and glorious presence even in the mundane. Simplicity makes the profane sacred. Simplicity is the attempt eliminate means of distraction...
This is from my wife’s blog. It was so good I just had to share it. You can read it in its original location here. Matt has arrived safely in Atlanta and is very excited to be at the Society of Biblical Literature conference this weekend! We...
The book of Genesis is one of my favorite books in the Scriptures. There are numerous fascinating characters, events, charming stories, and ultimately a message of hope for a fallen world. This theme of hope is wrapped up in another major theme of...
There is no part of our lives that Jesus isn’t interested in. He’s interested in all of it. Every bit of it. This idea can be quite unnerving. Each of us have things in our lives that are so deep, so secret, so hidden, and so painful...
Today I read the following testimony. “In 1975, our house was robbed. My father called 911 and the officer who received the dispatch raced to our house. While on the way, the policeman heard Jesus say to him, “Tell the person you meet...