Posts tagged “Repentance”
Cover the cost
“From that time on Jesus began to preach, ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near’” (Matthew 4:17). I ask God for forgiveness…
You have to forgive
Are you familiar with the Lord’s Prayer, the prayer in which the Lord Jesus urged us to ask God for forgiveness as well as…
The real problem with submission
Why do so many people hate the biblical idea of submission? Perhaps because authority can be awful. If you have suffered under the abusive…
Open your eyes
There’s a story about a man who waited on the roof of his house during a flood. The waters kept rising, and he waited…
Made new
We recently remodeled our office. This involved new wallpaper and floor-to-ceiling bookshelves to create my dream library, as well as a space for my…
Putting first things first
The church father Augustine talked about priorities when he called God the “highest good.” We cannot properly love God’s gifts if we put those…
Character traits of good leaders
Most leadership training seminars will tell you that four of the most important character traits of good leaders include: integrity, accountability, empathy, and humility….
Love means …
When the movie Love Story hit the big screen in 1970, a line from the movie became a popular slogan: “Love means never having…
On-again, off-again
“So [God] saved them from the hand of the foe and redeemed them from the power of the enemy. And the waters covered their…
Stand your ground
When my oldest niece was about three years old, she had been naughty one morning during her preschool Sunday school class. When the teacher…
Flip the kayak
I have a kayak I don’t use much, so it mostly sits upside down and ignored behind our garage. Recently, we were doing some…
Repent!
God sent someone with the specific job to prepare people’s hearts for Jesus. That sounds pretty important, doesn’t it? God wanted people to be…