Ode to King David

by | Oct 18, 2017 | Meditations

I don’t know who Tim Murphy is, but he wrote a nice poem… Ode to King David Goliath Picture a twelve-year-old with round rocks for his sling facing the fearsome, bold Goliath.  In a ring two armies stand apart. The boy with his brave heart can kill from...

Not what we feel, but what He did.

by | Oct 17, 2017 | Evangelism

Mark Edwards, saying it like it is: The Gospel is not an ineffable [that is, indescribable] mystery beyond words, but a story—the story of Jesus—that can be articulated and understood in common language. The proclamation is not the verbalizing of the subjective...

What does the Holy Spirit do?

by | Oct 12, 2017 | Holy Spirit

A great summary of the Holy Spirit’s work from Gordon Fee: What does the Holy Spirit do? He acts as a divine personal agent in myriad ways. The Spirit searches all things (1 Cor 2:10), knows the mind of God (1 Cor 2:11), teaches the content of the gospel to...

Making Christianity Relevant.

by | Oct 10, 2017 | Theology

This is an important post from Kevin DeYoung. You may never have heard of the term “theological liberalism” (and no, it doesn’t really have to do with politics), but check out this list of what it entails, and see if you haven’t heard ideas...

He was a worker.

by | Oct 4, 2017 | Spiritual Life

Here’s an interesting look at one aspect of who Jesus was, from Henry Theissen’s Systematic Theology: He was an Incessant Worker Jesus said, “My Father is working until now, and I Myself am working” (John 5: 17), and “We must work the works of Him...