Faith is a noun
When you’re in New York City, you can use the Holland Tunnel to drive to Manhattan. Likewise, we are saved by grace (i.e., a moving vehicle) through faith (i.e., the Holland Tunnel). Faith is the noun. Read more
Month: April 2019
God is relationship
Here’s my point, buried here in my ramblings: Before Creation, before any created celestial beings, before before (not a typo), God “is” and one of His eternal attributes is relationship. God is Holy, God is Just, God is Love, God is Trinity. Read more
Craftsmen at work
Have you ever visited a leather factory? A friend of mine took me to one that his family jointly owned with another family. The factory had been in business for more than one hundred years, and it looked it! They had a massive warehouse where raw cow hides were unloaded from rail cars. From there hides were thrown into pits of lye and stirred with giant wooden paddles to get the hair off the hides before the hides went through the other gruesome manufacturing steps. The stench was nearly unbearable. Every process was labor-intensive and probably hadn’t changed since the … Read more
Who sinned?
For this blind man, God was displayed through a miraculous, creative act. For other people, God is glorified in ways we may never know, such as Trophimus, who Paul “left sick in Miletus.” (2 Tim.4:20) Read more
A note to my kids
I found this note tucked away in an old folder. I wrote it several years ago for my kids, but I don’t think I ever shared it with them. Read more
The Real Deal
This world is full of counterfeiters so it’s not surprising that buyers are naturally skeptical. However, if a person’s apprehension is beyond reason then they are one in name, only. Read more
Who’s driving this car?
Most of us honestly do want God’s will at work in our lives. That’s not the problem. The problem is how we go about God’s work Read more
God’s Crazy About You
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. (Romans 8:28 KJV) Read more
Full Assurance
Alexander had been a wild, hard-partying young man before God got hold of his life. But, now, he was saved and freshly graduated from a Bible school. Read more
The seriousness of the allegation…
Certainly, there are people that have said and done things so egress as to justify their excommunication from society. Read more