Mar 23, 2014
Christlikeness/holiness will cost you! It will cost you the expense of laziness because now there is no more coasting through life! You will now need to be aware everyday of where your heart is going and what you are allowing in. It will cost you precious idols and false comforters as you begin to give those up and put...
Mar 16, 2014
In John Eldredge’s book "The Utter Relief of Holiness" he describes how when a surfer catches a wave there is a little effort on his part to get into the barrel through paddling but once in that barrel you simply go with it. You don’t create the wave; that is entirely beyond you. Once you are in the wave your part is...
Mar 9, 2014
Jesus has a way of compelling people to change at the soul level that no amount of behavior modification could ever do. There are numerous examples in Scripture from the prostitute in Luke 7 who went through a radical change in lifestyle to the woman at the well in John 4 who also went through a radical lifestyle...
Mar 2, 2014
Sin has plagued mankind since it first entered the world as recorded in Genesis 3. It has caused a relational breakdown between man and God and between man and man. In Genesis 3 God made clear that man would die when they sinned. The word "die" has to mean something more than just a physical death since the day Adam...