James tells us in Chapter 2 of his epistle, that if we fail in one point of God’s law, we fail in all of it concerning salvation. In other words, the law of God is not a series of detached injunctions, but rather a unified standard that requires perfect love of God [...]
We head into some very rough waters in our final study in Romans Chapter 1, where Paul describes for us the 3 stages that a collapsing civilization experiences, as God judicially gives them over to themselves. Two things are astonishing here. The staggering accuracy in which the text applies to dismantled societies [...]
The New Testament knows nothing about unattached disconnected Christianity, which so tragically seems to be gaining traction in the Church today. Having justified us by faith alone in Christ alone, God has designed you and me as instruments for one another’s mutual sanctification. It is the only way you will grow. You [...]
In the ancient Japanese art form of Kintsukeroi, they would restore broken pottery with gold, in such a way that the fractures were literally illuminated by the gold. They treated breakage and repair as part of the history of the object. That which made the vessel worthless, was in fact the very [...]
This week in our final study in 1st John, the great Apostle gives us our marching orders. That we would walk in the full certainty that we belong to God, that our eternal futures are secure, and that as His children He hears and answers our prayers. It would be quite a [...]
This week in the first half of Chapter 5, John summarizes for us all that he has taught in one definitive proclamation, giving us 4 birthmarks of an individual in whom eternal life dwells. If a person really wants to know if they're saved, 1st John Chapter 5 solves that problem. Either [...]
Don’t ever let anyone tell you that your seeking the greatest possible joy and delight is a Non-Christian thing to do, when the object of your joy and delight is Jesus Christ. Somehow, we’ve bought this idea that we ought to be bringing forth obedience primarily out of a sense of duty. [...]
There is a battle going on in the unseen realm for your thought life, and it is a battle that begins from the moment your feet hit the floor in the morning, until your head hits the pillow at night. While this is a battle being waged by spiritual forces we know [...]
John says to us this week in 1st John 3, that “This is His COMMANDMENT, that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as He commanded us.” How interesting that what appear to be two commands are referred to by John in the singular [...]
