The Two “Vials” We Must Drink to Understand, Accept, and Live the Christian Life
We are worse off than we could ever dare to imagine, and we are more loved and accepted in Christ than we could ever dare to imagine.
Tag: Love
The Scandal of God’s Mercy, Jeffrey Dahmer, and So-Called Old Testament Genocide
Will we allow the shock of God’s mercy and love shown on the cross in the New Testament to sinners such as Jeffrey Dahmer at least neutralize the so-called “acts of violence” by God in the Old Testament?
Loving Someone I Hate
What is your reaction (& my reaction!), as a Christian, to those with whom we strongly disagree? Particularly, how do we respond to a fellow Christian with whom we have a very sharp disagreement? I want to share with you my notes from a sermon on 1 John 2:7-11, but I’ll only cite verses 9-11 Read more about Loving Someone I Hate[…]
Hugh Hefner’s Sad Legacy: The Dangerous Ripple Effect of Porn
“Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me, but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea” (Matthew 18:5-6). “Porn doesn’t have a Read more about Hugh Hefner’s Sad Legacy: The Dangerous Ripple Effect of Porn[…]
Reflections on the Theological Justification of the Eternality of Hell and the Hideousness of Sin
In The Valley of Vision (this is by far my favorite devotional book which is a collection of Puritan prayers and thoughts) I was reading this particular section today (entitled “The Precious Blood” pg. 74-75): “Show me the enormity of my guilt by the crown of thorns, the pierced hands and feet, the bruised body, Read more about Reflections on the Theological Justification of the Eternality of Hell and the Hideousness of Sin[…]