Posts tagged “Forgiveness”
Freedom in Christ
On Saturday mornings in the 80s, I remember seeing the School House Rock tagline that boasted, “Knowledge is power.” One episode of this cartoon…
Today you have God’s blessing
Jesus had come back home to preach. He stood up and quoted the prophet Isaiah: “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because…
Think about the gospel
When I was studying to become a pastor, my professors would often remind me, “Preach the gospel every time.” Why were they so passionate…
Sin is a sickness that Jesus can cure
The Christian church should be the most offensive and most beautiful place in our culture. In reply to the Pharisees who were offended that…
Why Paul loved grace (and we do too)
The apostle Paul was the poster child for grace. If the internet would have been invented two thousand years earlier, he immediately would have…
Best chapter ever?
In the early 1600s, Thomas Goodwin, an English preacher, wrote a lot of words about God. A lot of words. When put together, Goodwin’s…
The Word is life
Somewhere in Somalia, Christians risk their lives to read the Bible. After sunset, a brave disciple retrieves a hidden Bible from a cave, sneaks…
Your activity is not your identity
Years ago I tapped into my Bible nerdery and tried to count all the names that Christians are called in the New Testament. In…
Who does that?
“Who does that?” That question can be a wonderful compliment, like when you hear a story of someone donating their kidney to a total…
None.
When I was studying New Testament Greek at Bible college, I can’t say that I always loved it. Conjugating verbs and translating obscure words…
It’s just a thing
Do you know what happened to the first light bulb ever invented? After hundreds of hours of working by Thomas Edison, his errand boy…
Never thirsty again
The thirstiest I’ve ever been was during my freshman year football practices. Our coaches would run us hard, and then the most glorious words…