What is to be learned from getting burned? (This is with a view to trusting church leaders again.)
January 3, 2025 at 3:37 AM
What is to be learned from getting burned? (This is with a view to trusting church leaders again.)
In Ezra-Nehemiah, the returning exiles are subject to repeated episodes of overt persecution/harassment yet are also needing to deeply repent for their own sin. The temptation is to assume that faithfulness/persecution in one thing means faithfulness/persecution in all things.
December 29, 2024 at 5:20 PM
In Ezra-Nehemiah, the returning exiles are subject to repeated episodes of overt persecution/harassment yet are also needing to deeply repent for their own sin. The temptation is to assume that faithfulness/persecution in one thing means faithfulness/persecution in all things.
John 1:18 - No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father’s side, he has made him known.
December 25, 2024 at 4:08 PM
John 1:18 - No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father’s side, he has made him known.
Grace overlaps with justice in terms of upholding righteousness, searching for truth, exposing falsehood, protecting the innocent, acknowledging the wrong and the wronged; in the practice of fairness, impartiality, discernment, not being too severe, not being too lenient, + making right judgments.
December 23, 2024 at 10:14 PM
Grace overlaps with justice in terms of upholding righteousness, searching for truth, exposing falsehood, protecting the innocent, acknowledging the wrong and the wronged; in the practice of fairness, impartiality, discernment, not being too severe, not being too lenient, + making right judgments.
A crucial feature of 2 Co. 2:7 is Paul recognizing that the man was truly repentant.
December 23, 2024 at 10:00 PM
A crucial feature of 2 Co. 2:7 is Paul recognizing that the man was truly repentant.
2 Cor. 2:7 is correcting undue severity, just as similar verses are correcting undue leniency (cf. 1 Cor 5:1-13).
December 23, 2024 at 9:20 PM
2 Cor. 2:7 is correcting undue severity, just as similar verses are correcting undue leniency (cf. 1 Cor 5:1-13).
Love is patient, which means God’s love is also patient. God, who is love, often patiently forebears our slowness of heart, but he also patiently forebears our difficulty in dealing with hard things. We tend to be impatient with those dealing with hard things, whereas God is not.
December 22, 2024 at 9:45 PM
Love is patient, which means God’s love is also patient. God, who is love, often patiently forebears our slowness of heart, but he also patiently forebears our difficulty in dealing with hard things. We tend to be impatient with those dealing with hard things, whereas God is not.
When scandal hits, immediately talking about Grace and Forgiveness is like talking about how many children on the first date.
December 22, 2024 at 5:01 AM
When scandal hits, immediately talking about Grace and Forgiveness is like talking about how many children on the first date.
Obedience is what is right before God, particularly with respect to what one has been given, in any given situation.
December 22, 2024 at 4:16 AM
Obedience is what is right before God, particularly with respect to what one has been given, in any given situation.
At Gethsemane, Jesus wasn’t just dragging his feet. Though sinless, he processed.
December 22, 2024 at 3:03 AM
At Gethsemane, Jesus wasn’t just dragging his feet. Though sinless, he processed.
Applicable to all our trials, no matter how convoluted and confounding. Trying to make sense of our political moment but trying to still take heart.
John 16:33 - I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”
November 27, 2024 at 6:41 PM
Applicable to all our trials, no matter how convoluted and confounding. Trying to make sense of our political moment but trying to still take heart.
John 16:33 - I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”
November 27, 2024 at 5:27 PM
John 16:33 - I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”
The forgiveness that blossomed in Joseph's story did not spring up overnight. It organically, divinely, patiently, and climactically unfolded. But how often it is that this passage is used to expedite forgiveness.
November 24, 2024 at 10:58 PM
The forgiveness that blossomed in Joseph's story did not spring up overnight. It organically, divinely, patiently, and climactically unfolded. But how often it is that this passage is used to expedite forgiveness.
Why is the narrative of Russia invading Ukraine so inconvenient?
November 24, 2024 at 5:55 PM
Why is the narrative of Russia invading Ukraine so inconvenient?
If the church’s tough lovin’ response to abuse survivors is “Child, heal yourself,” then what’s the point of Christ, the gospel, or the church? Why should it be said that the whole body is to suffer together?
November 23, 2024 at 5:47 PM
If the church’s tough lovin’ response to abuse survivors is “Child, heal yourself,” then what’s the point of Christ, the gospel, or the church? Why should it be said that the whole body is to suffer together?
What will not change is man's propensity to esteem some men too highly.
November 22, 2024 at 3:41 PM
What will not change is man's propensity to esteem some men too highly.
Wisdom is knowing how best to address our neighbor's infirmities, including when it might be that we only sorrow for and cover them in love.
November 21, 2024 at 5:03 PM
Wisdom is knowing how best to address our neighbor's infirmities, including when it might be that we only sorrow for and cover them in love.
If it was the reverse, Speaker Johnson would demand it be released.
Keeping reports under wraps in the name of protocol and precedent is so familiar to my experience in the PCA and OPC.
Keeping reports under wraps in the name of protocol and precedent is so familiar to my experience in the PCA and OPC.
November 15, 2024 at 6:04 PM
If it was the reverse, Speaker Johnson would demand it be released.
Keeping reports under wraps in the name of protocol and precedent is so familiar to my experience in the PCA and OPC.
Keeping reports under wraps in the name of protocol and precedent is so familiar to my experience in the PCA and OPC.
If political figures are seen as representative of something greater than themselves, then any opposition to them is deemed opposition to that greater thing.
November 15, 2024 at 5:29 AM
If political figures are seen as representative of something greater than themselves, then any opposition to them is deemed opposition to that greater thing.
When we sense a reflexive response, we also have a sense it is not a rational response. We aren’t going to get at things directly. Direct, rational argument will likely trigger an even stronger reflexive response.
November 15, 2024 at 5:08 AM
When we sense a reflexive response, we also have a sense it is not a rational response. We aren’t going to get at things directly. Direct, rational argument will likely trigger an even stronger reflexive response.
Matt Gaetz as AG is another fork in the road.
November 14, 2024 at 4:01 AM
Matt Gaetz as AG is another fork in the road.
Trump normalizes all his appointments, even Gaetz.
November 14, 2024 at 2:38 AM
Trump normalizes all his appointments, even Gaetz.
exitus acta probat
the outcome justifies the deeds
A beautiful yet unbiblical Latin phrase.
the outcome justifies the deeds
A beautiful yet unbiblical Latin phrase.
November 13, 2024 at 3:26 PM
exitus acta probat
the outcome justifies the deeds
A beautiful yet unbiblical Latin phrase.
the outcome justifies the deeds
A beautiful yet unbiblical Latin phrase.
The Bible never instructs believers to disregard or overlook their sensibilities.
Ephesians 5:4 - Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving.
Ephesians 5:4 - Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving.
November 13, 2024 at 2:50 PM
The Bible never instructs believers to disregard or overlook their sensibilities.
Ephesians 5:4 - Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving.
Ephesians 5:4 - Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving.
It is always good to be reminded of our discipleship, our country over country.
Hebrews 11:16 - But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city.
November 12, 2024 at 2:15 PM
It is always good to be reminded of our discipleship, our country over country.