For about 40 years I have heard believers state, “the just shall live by faith.” For that whole time I have taken that to mean, that… 622 more words
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Hold Me Now
Father, hold me now. I know you care when I cry out (Psalm 34:17, Psalm 55:17, Psalm 145:19, Psalm 28:9). You tell me:
Even to your old age and gray hairs… 38 more words
By faith alone, resting on the mercy of God
Justification by Faith. The Name and Thing Defined
by John Calvin (abridged)1,2
1. Justification by faith has been discussed before this, but slightly, because it was necessary first to understand that the faith, by which alone we attain justification, is not unattended by good works. 2,727 more words
"What difference does God make?" -Ryan Bell
Ryan Bell was an Adventist pastor just over a year ago. Then he decided to become an atheist. Filmmakers followed him around during his journey and now they want to release a full-length movie about it. 71 more words
Reflect on where you are now.....
By fr Robert Barron
This past week we have looked at the temptation of the garden and the temptations of desert. All temptations have one thing in common: they entice us to resist the Lordship of God in our lives. 294 more words
Nothing is useless to God
I was feeling discouraged about whether what I was doing was of any use to God. Looking at my blog’s low stats, I felt discouraged. Then a few days ago, I was discouraged that the people in my small group was not reading some of the material or was not doing all the assignments that I sent out to them. 72 more words
Real cost of being a believer
Recently (February 2015) we heard the terrible news of the martyrdom of the 21 young Egyptian Christian men in Libya, murdered at the hands of the Islamic death cult called ISIS, or Islamic State. 275 more words
