Posts from August 2021
Savour Each Sunday Service
“Attending Sunday service can become very mundane very quickly. Oftentimes, it seems like something to check off your list before getting back to your normal life. Sure, some worship services move you or cause you to examine your life in light of Scripture. But more often then not, there is a profound sense of “normal” when you attend your Church’s Sunday service. Now, you could find text after text in the New Testament which shows you why that should not…
Pray for Other Members
“Every Christian knows they should pray for others (1 Tim. 2:1). Yet every Christian also knows how terribly trite it feels to ask God over and over again to help out your fellow church members with their health, safety, or money problems. So how do we pray without just repeating ourselves?” Read more…
Do God and Satan Still Speak Together about Believers?
“In the two opening chapters of Job we read of encounters between God and Satan. The angels appeared before God, both the good and the evil. God challenges Satan with respect to Job. He says in Job 1:8, “Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil?” Satan replies with cynicism. He insinuates that Job is just motivated by self-interest. If…
Slot Machine Christianity
“Too often we approach the Christian life, relationships, and ministry with the expectation that if we put in enough time, effort, and faithful service—in the end it will turn out well for us. The payoff will come—and even in this life. But surely, we don’t think that way, do we? We who are heirs of the Reformation and its recovery of the doctrines of grace? Don’t be so sure. Consider, in your most honest moments, whether you’ve ever thought this…