Crossless Christianity
According to much of today’s evangelical teaching, it is easy to be saved. All you have to do is “accept Jesus” or “try Jesus” or “Ask Jesus into your heart”. If you are then comfortable with Him, well, you have a ticket to heaven but, if not, then you are no worse off than before [...]
Daily Abiding in Christ
Spiritual emotions result in Christian practice because they always exist alongside spiritual humiliation. Humility before God inspires obedience, just as pride inspires rebellion. Humility, then, necessarily leads to Christian practice. ~ Jonathan Edwards How would you finish (this) sentence? “One thing have I desired of the Lord; that will I seek after _________.” What is [...]
The Lies Of Satan
James 1: 21, 22, “Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.” Jesus doesn’t care if we sin; He just wants us to love Him. God doesn’t like divorce but, since [...]
Al Hartman: …upon this earth…
Great God Almighty, our Father in heaven, Creator, Sustainer and Lord of all that is, that was, and that ever shall be, For all that is eternally true in Christ, I am not yet as I would that I were upon this earth: Not yet fit to praise You in holiness as you are [...]
Awash In Things “Christian”
We’re awash in things wearing the name “Christian”… We have “Christian” magazines, “Christian” books, “Christian” bookstores, “Christian” radio stations, “Christian” television stations, “Christian” mugs, “Christian“ candies, “Christian” t-shirts… We have “Christian” speakers, “Christian” writers, “Christian” talk-show hosts, “Christian” singers… We can buy “Christian” books on everything from cleaning your house to saving for retirement… We [...]
I Asked the Lord that I Might Grow by John Newton
I asked the Lord that I might grow In faith, and love, and every grace; Might more of His salvation know, And seek, more earnestly, His face. ’Twas He who taught me thus to pray, And He, I trust, has answered prayer! But it has been in such a way, As almost drove me to [...]
I Stand Before The Cross
I stand before the Cross and I profess a love for this Man, this One, Who has taken my place… and I turn away… and I go shopping and I buy a bikini… I can justify it because it is so cute on me and anyway… if a guy looks at me to lust, it [...]
