“The first service that one owes to others in the fellowship consists in listening to them. Just as love to God begins with listening to His Word, so the beginning of love for the brethren is learning to listen to them. It is God’s love for us that He not only gives us His WordContinueContinue reading “Shut Up: The Ministry of Listening”
Category Archives: Belief
Evangelism: How to Pull the Trigger
As Christians, we all have the desire to see people come to Jesus. It’s our nature. We want to experience the joy of the Lord when we celebrate another soul entering the Kingdom of Heaven. However, sometimes we get “gun-shy.” How do we pull the trigger on the Gospel? What do we say? How doContinueContinue reading “Evangelism: How to Pull the Trigger”
The Canned Gospel
If you were to present the gospel in two or three minutes, what would you say? In many Reformed circles today, I believe our mental Bible dictionaries probably have this entry: gos·pel [gos-puhl] noun. Definition — justification by faith alone. Certainly this is a part of the good news, but is that the whole of it?ContinueContinue reading “The Canned Gospel”
“Filthy” Stains and Paedobath-tism
This morning I woke up and went to get one of our children (whom shall remain nameless for posterity’s sake) out of bed. As I went in, I saw him sitting up with a big grin and a bare bottom half, amid brown smears and an unmanned dirty diaper. If you are a parent, youContinueContinue reading ““Filthy” Stains and Paedobath-tism”
Salvation Is Not and Never Has Been Easy
“Or has any god ever attempted to go and take a nation for himself from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, and by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, and by great deeds of terror, all of which the LORD your God did for you in EgyptContinueContinue reading “Salvation Is Not and Never Has Been Easy”
Jesus Doesn’t Want Your Heart…and Neither Should You
“If you are tired of the load of your sin, let Jesus come into your heart; if you desire a new life to begin, let Jesus come into your heart.” As well meaning as Christians today are about spreading the gospel, I wonder why we insist on continuing to confuse people about the state ofContinueContinue reading “Jesus Doesn’t Want Your Heart…and Neither Should You”
Alcohol: The Forbidden Fruit (of the Vine)
Thousands of years have passed since that fateful day in the Garden of Eden, and as Bono puts it, “We still haven’t found what we’re looking for.” We are still struggling with the same temptation to eat (or drink) of the forbidden fruit. When both of my little boys grew close to a year old,ContinueContinue reading “Alcohol: The Forbidden Fruit (of the Vine)”