Soul Care: A Cooperative Working Between Us & God’s Spirit
Let’s take a closer look at Romans 5:1-5 together… v1 – “Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ…” According […]
Category Archives: Holiness
What of those who “get saved”, but do nothing else?
Let’s look at the alternative to sanctification: what if we are “only justified”? Aren’t we still saved? Paul – one of the authors inspired by God’s Spirit to write some […]
Spiritual growth is hard work – but worth it, & something we can all achieve
Imagine two people get married. Now, what if they considered their wedding day to be the finish line for their relationship? What if they stopped working on their relationship on […]
What’s going on in the Christian’s life, as we work & wait between salvation & heaven?
So – here we are – in this in-between time. For those of us who have trusted in the saving work of Jesus on our behalf, we live between new […]
Closing the Gap Between Who I Am & Who I Want to Be
Maybe you are familiar with the words of the song, “Come Thou Fount”: “Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it; prone to leave the God I love…” Do you feel […]
Chastity: A Lost Art Worth Rekindling
Dianna and I are weirdos. We were both virgins when we married at 21 and 22, respectively. We know lots of other freaks who remained chaste until marriage as well. Some […]
Put on Christ: A Prayer
Father, give me the eyes of Christ. May I see things as He sees them. Give me His vision. May I see people and situations through His eyes. Let my […]
“Neither do I condemn you; go, and sin no more.”
Jesus shows the connection between relational and behavioral holiness in a dramatic and unprecedented encounter with a group of lawyers eager to rightfully exercise capital punishment upon a criminal condemned […]
From a Long, Long Way, You Saw Me Coming
In Luke 15, Jesus tells His disciples a parable regarding a son who has demanded early receipt of his inheritance from his father. This is possibly the lowest form of […]
God’s desire for all mankind is relational holiness with Him.
As a father, it is more important to me that my kids talk to me than that they never disobey me. The most valuable thing to me for my children […]
