Romans – Law, Grace, & Daily Living

Are You Satisfied With Jesus?

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Emocore, Ecclesiastes, CS Lewis, and Grace…

Poets are priests mediating the invisible world for us spectators. Inasmuch as they describe the transcendent realm, they are relating to us truth about life, about love, about ourselves…if they do it with raw honesty, it helps us connect with our own personal register of emotions, memories, and sets of experiences. They might even helpContinue reading “Emocore, Ecclesiastes, CS Lewis, and Grace…”

Is God First In Your Life?

Trying to ‘put God first‘ brings dissonance and misery in the Christian life…yet, being reminded that ‘He first loved us‘ always brings relief. In the book of Revelation, Jesus warns the church in Ephesus, ‘you have left your first love…’ Or as St. Paul articulates in his letter to the Galatian church, ‘You have fallen fromContinue reading “Is God First In Your Life?”

A Brief Thanksgiving Day Reflection | Psalm 6:5

Among the dead no one proclaims your name. Who praises you from the grave? Psalm 6:5 The psalmist wonders (rhetorically) who will give thanks to God among the dead. He reasons that death will make it impossible to praise the true and living God. The irony of the gospel though is that we have aContinue reading “A Brief Thanksgiving Day Reflection | Psalm 6:5”

Midweek Meditations | Romans 1:21

“…because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened.” Romans 1:21 Thanksgiving and faith are interrelated. The former is the fruit of the latter…and both are preceded by grace. We were dead in our sins, butContinue reading “Midweek Meditations | Romans 1:21”

Midweek Meds | Romans 6:11-13

“In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as thoseContinue reading “Midweek Meds | Romans 6:11-13”

Midweek Meditations | Romans 3:23-24

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. Romans 3:23 – 24 Because of sin, all fall short of the glory of God. Thanks to Jesus, none fall short of His grace. It is Finished.

‘How to Love Another Soul’- A Relationship Series: Part 1

Why do we want people to change? Not because we actually care about them…or their well being. We want people to change, so they’ll stop irritating us. Why do we want the people in our lives to change? Spite – we hate that they’re not “getting theirs“. Ultimately, we don’t think God is on His job. Continue reading “‘How to Love Another Soul’- A Relationship Series: Part 1”

Spiritual Warfare is Sanctification (Part 1)

In the midst of spiritual warfare, our default is always to despair… rarely-to-never to ‘put on the armor of God‘ (Ephesians 6:10-12). Though the enemy is already defeated, his armies appear overwhelming and insurmountable when they advance on us. What causes our affliction in the midst of an attack is the demand that we prayContinue reading “Spiritual Warfare is Sanctification (Part 1)”

Suffering, Grace, & Forgiveness

I can’t change most of the difficult circumstances I encounter in my life…and I feel condemned when I find myself in situations I can’t control or fix. The typical advice one receives in the church usually goes something like, When you can’t change your circumstances…use your circumstances to change you. This is a misapplication ofContinue reading “Suffering, Grace, & Forgiveness”