GRACE AS ENTITLEMENT
Scriptures clearly teach that grace is a gift; a gift, like all gifts, which one must receive. But though it is free… it is not […]
October 2016
ADAM AND US
Some of the most difficult scripture is that which speaks to us about the issue of imputed sin and imputed righteousness. Imputed in theology means […]
DREAMS OF FAITH
While we are asleep or awake we often dream. These dreams produce faith by believing what we have dreamed to be true and a part […]
PRICE OF PROGRESS
“If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without […]
RESTORED RELATIONSHIPS
There is often mental and emotional ambiguity in our restoration and healing and this results from feeling like man or God have forgiven/healed us but […]
FINDING OURSELVES AGAIN
Frederick Beuchner writes, “The Kingdom of God is not a place, of course, but a condition. Kingship might be a better word. “Thy kingdom come, […]
SEEKING APPROVAL
Paul, an apostle, asks a difficult question that we each must deal with. “Am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or […]
LAW OF RECIPROCITY
There is principle in scripture that at first seems a little unfair but upon deeper evaluation is impeccably true. In Luke ‘s gospel Jesus said, […]
RICH GRACE
Rich grace can only come from a rich God. A Father that is rich toward his sons and daughters in the sense of giving without […]
TODAY’S NEWS
I recently read a local newspaper and was alarmed by the amount of crime, drugs, politics and political accusations of corruption, sex and sex marketing […]