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Bible in 90 Days – Day 9 – Leviticus 15-27 “You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but you shall reason frankly with your neighbor, lest you incur sin because of him.” Leviticus 19:17 ESV Conflict avoidance can lead to sin. When God set up the laws for His holy nation, he forbade […]
I read a lot of books. About 1 in 10 is worth mentioning. Think Again by Jared Mellinger is one of them. My corner of evangelical christianity is fairly heavily introspective. Many spiritual disciplines and counseling practices emphasize introspection as a means of self-reflection to route out incorrect patterns of thinking. Many sermon applications either […]
Freedom in Christ is a tricky, tricky, tricky subject to get right. Christians believe (actually, Jesus taught) that holiness and obedience are crucial to the faith (John 14:15). But what is obedience? Obedience to what? What happens if we disobey? How does God feel toward Christians when we break His commands? The same as He felt toward […]
Paul's appeal in Romans 12:1 to present our bodies as living sacrifices flows from God's mercy revealed in the first eleven chapters, which expose humanity's rebellion against their Creator. Rather th
(Crowd voices: “Oh boy, another post on dating!”) I have four daughters (at the time of writing, all under age 8), so this topic feels super relevant for me, and the pace of life is such that I need wisdom on this issue, stat. By way of preface, my wife and I dated in […]
There is a type of pride I’ve noticed in my life and in the life of others that refuses to rejoice in, love, and submit to the basics of the Christian faith, because they don’t seem yield immediate results in your felt needs. This type of pride kills your worship, short circuits your Christian life, […]
Fascinating comment from Kevin Perotta from his book Leading Christians to Maturity. Chapter 7: “A Distinctive Way of Life” > “Christ, the apostles and the leaders of the early church considered the teaching about the Christian way of life to be the norm for Christians. They viewed the didache not as a distant ideal but […]
Excellent article by Tullian Tchividjian on The Resurgence today: Accountability Groups: The Tyranny of Do More, Try Harder Over the last decade I’ve watched very “open” accountability groups cause hardening and discouragement and eventually cause guys to give up. I’ve also seen very open accountability groups lead to joy and victory over sin. The difference […]
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 […]
I’ve had a few questions in response to my message (verbal essay?) on Pornography. Mostly along the lines of “does God actually say anything about pornography?”, or for those who know that he does, but don’t know what, “what does he say about it?”. I thought I’d share really briefly. To start with, the only […]