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When the apostle John urged his readers, “Do not love the world or the things of the world” (1 John 2:15), he was not being legalistic, or a crotchety old man focused only on morals, or a negative Nancy. Rather, he was caring for those he was writing to. And God, through him, was loving us…
Some Christians struggle with viewing God as holy, majestic, huge, powerful, and fearful. They more naturally are drawn to his intimacy, immediacy, tenderness, and love. On the other hand, many Christian struggle with the exact opposite. God’s majesty, sovereignty, and massiveness is more of their default view of God, while his tender, personal love is harder to taste…
John Piper, in his book Fifty Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die, writes one of the most helpful set of paragraphs I have ever read. I go back to it over and over for direction, encouragement, and help. I believe it to be so biblical and so true about the gospel itself…
It is so tempting to think that Christianity (and God himself) is all about rules. That God is just the high and mighty authoritative Being who simply wants us to do certain things and doesn’t want us to do other things. But when we read the Bible, it actually becomes clear that this isn’t the God of the Bible. This isn’t Christianity at all. God is supreme, majestic, and ruling over all. But it isn’t God’s heart at all just to give us rules because he just wants to control us…
Leon Morris, the late Australian New Testament scholar, has a short, helpful book on the Holy Spirit entitled Spirit of the Living God (which sadly is not in print anymore!). In it, he helpfully outlines how we can grieve and quench the Spirit of God…
Grace is probably the thing I need most from God. It is God’s favor pointed in my direction. It is his enablement when I am weak. It is God’s main force behind what saved me (Ephesians 2:5), and after I became a Christian, it is the main reality which keeps me fighting and striving for Christ in this world (2 Corinthians 15:10). I acknowledge all that…
There are numerous ways in which life is physically difficult. There is pain. There is sickness. Things just do not work right. Things break. Things deteriorate. The mind gets weaker. Health issues abound. As we all know, you cannot really express what it is like when you experience these things either. Maybe you have heard someone say that you don’t know what it is like to have your nose clear until your nose is stuffy. Well, as we all know, there is a real truth to it, and the same applies to everything else.
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