When I was a kid, we sang a sweet song that went Jesus loves the little children, all the children of the world. Red and yellow, black and white, they are precious in His sight, Jesus loves the little children of the world. Years later, I saw a different take on that song designed to point out our tendency to …
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Make Disciples Out of Everybody, Without Limits
July 22, 2014 Leave a Comment
You’ve Been Called Out
July 21, 2014 1 Comment
I wasn't exactly Mr. Athlete as a kid, so when we played sports in school or in the neighborhood and captains started picking teams, I usually wasn't first choice... or second or third. But when it comes to my role as a member of God's kingdom, the Bible says I'm part of a people that God has chosen and called …
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How Good Works Brings Real Faith to Life
July 17, 2014 Leave a Comment
"Just as the body is dead without breath, so also faith is dead without good works." - James 2:26 NLT
A human body without breath is responseless, inanimate, and lifeless. Without breath, the blood stops flowing and the brain shuts down. In the same way, faith dies when it isn't put to work. Faith, without …
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We Are Saved by Grace Alone Through Faith Alone
July 16, 2014 Leave a Comment
Here's the blunt, simple truth. We are all sinners. We've all broken God's commandments and have rebelled against His will. Like sheep, we've gone astray, every last one of us. And because of our rebellion, we have positioned ourselves for judgment and separation from God for eternity in hell. We've come up …
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The Heaviness of My Heart for Spiritual Awakening In America
July 15, 2014 Leave a Comment
I've probably been reading too much news lately, and it has created a sense of heaviness in my heart. I tweeted yesterday, "For me, today, the world seems 'scary big.' And God is infinitely bigger." A few friends assumed I must be going through some personal pain, but my feeling really flowed out of my …
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Let’s Blame the Good Stuff on Jesus
July 15, 2014 Leave a Comment
I paid a compliment to my friend Bobby once about the kind of husband and all-around good guy he was. His response never left me. "Let's blame that on Jesus, okay?" It wasn't false humility. He genuinely desire to recognize that any good work displayed in his life was a work of the grace of God deep within …
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Being Generous in Works and Deeds Too
July 14, 2014 Leave a Comment
Writing a check is easy. Perhaps the work of earning the money represented by the check is hard, but in terms of generosity and serving other people, writing a check is usually the easy part, especially for people with wealth. Time often feels much more costly to us in the developed world because money seems so …
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Charles Stanley: The Gift of Forgiveness
July 11, 2014 Leave a Comment
I couldn't help but be moved by Charles Stanley's definition of unforgiveness. It's something we ultimately do to ourselves, not to others:
Webster defines gift as “something given to show friendship, affection, support, etc.” Using this definition, it seems logical to give gifts only to people we love, …
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Taste, and See that the Lord Is Good
July 10, 2014 Leave a Comment
I know that God is good because the Bible says so. If that seems overly simplistic to you, let me word it another way. I am able to come to the knowledge of God's absolute goodness, holiness, and fairness because the Bible as a source of inspired and inerrant absolute truth objectively declares Him to be so. My …
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The Truth About the Knowability of Truth
July 9, 2014 Leave a Comment
Let me talk philosophy for a second. Truth is knowable. People debate that, but 2 + 2 = 4. Every. Single. Time. Just try to come up with a different answer. This is why I was always better at math than other subjects (until I sat next to Angie in Algebra - all downhill from there). I like that numbers always …
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