Category: Religion, Theology & Ministry
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Old Testament Faith
We know that even in the Old Testament, people were justified before God by their faith, not adherence to the Law. (Though, those in the OT days who had faith desired to keep God’s law!) I get asked occasionally, “What did faith look like in the Old Testament? If they didn’t have Christ, what did…
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Where your treasure is, there your heart is also.
Yesterday, during the midst of announcement of all the shiny new Apple computers, a quote slid across my desk (via Twitter) that stopped me dead in my tracks. Tim Challies posted a quote from Tim Keller, and I don’t think the timing was accidental. > “Your money flows most effortlessly toward your heart’s greatest love.”…
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As of First Importance
Paul’s statement from 1 Corinthians 15 amazes me every time. > 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 (emphasis mine) > > Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to…
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No Thing is Unclean
My attempt at a summary of Romans 13:14-15:13. No thing is unclean (sinful) inherently. A thing out of its proper context (too much, too little, at the wrong time, with the wrong person, etc) according to the context God gives it is. The reason we’d partake in anything outside of it’s God given context is…
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The Lamb’s Book of Life
In Brad’s sermon on Hebrews 1:1-4 this last Sunday at Stonebrook Church, he started off by reading Revelation 20:11-15, in order to help us understand God as a sovereign judge, which is probably the closest thing we in America experience in terms of absolute authority. Reading this text blew my mind and sent me on…