Posts tagged “Love”
Your identity and destiny
Have you ever noticed how human beings ache for (1) an identity and (2) a destiny? We try to figure out who we are,…
When the Bible doesn’t make sense
Have you read the Bible and said, “Yeah, I don’t get it”? That can happen. Often it’s because our sinful hearts don’t accept the…
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…
If things aren’t going well
If things aren’t going well in this season of your spiritual life, I want to grieve with you. And I want to quote God…
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…
You shine!
In the rural hill country of Texas, miles away from city lights, many more stars appear in the night sky. It puts my constellation…
The uniqueness of Jesus
Decades ago, at a European conference, scholars discussed the world’s religions, wondering if there was anything unique about the Christian faith. Was it prayer?…
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…
The truth
If I hold up three fingers and ask you, “How many fingers am I holding up?” I’m hoping you say three. It would be…
Spring = new life
“May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine on us—so that your ways may be known on…
Your truth = The truth?
The other day I studied every appearance of the word truth in the Bible. In my English translation, the word showed up 137 separate…