What should the world see when it looks at us? It should see Jesus Christ. Not a list of man-made regulations under which to bury Him, and not something approximating Oprah at a rave party. Our actions and our speech are always pointing somewhere. Either we are saying and … [Read more...] about Full of Grace and Truth
7 Weeks before Marriage – Your Redemption
Any man who gives himself to his wife and thinks that he has done his job has over-estimated himself. He doesn't have everything a woman needs within himself. Such a man is also making a rod for his own back as he will soon discover that she needs far more than what he has to … [Read more...] about 7 Weeks before Marriage – Your Redemption
Keeping up with the Cool Kids
Suppressing the truth doesn't come without effort. Our attempts to conceal God's truth are like a man attempting to keep his beach ball underwater. It's hard to maintain the pressure in a way that looks respectable. And when attempted, this is the kind of insane culture you … [Read more...] about Keeping up with the Cool Kids
8 Weeks before Marriage – He Gave Himself to God
Marriage is not a two-way street in which both parties are commanded to give themselves up to each other. That is not sacrificial love. That is the idolatry of two little gods sitting on their respective thrones demanding to be fed and satisfied. In Ephesians Chapter 5, Paul … [Read more...] about 8 Weeks before Marriage – He Gave Himself to God
Never Failed Me Yet
God can be found, unsurprisingly, in the most surprising places. Take Waterloo Station, for example. Take a homeless tramp. Give him 4 minutes to sing anything he likes into an old tape recorder amidst the drunken ballads of his peers. In 1971 (a very good year on many … [Read more...] about Never Failed Me Yet