Blessed Are Those Who Mourn (Their Sin)

Yet we can succumb to similar tendencies, can’t we? No doubt one reason we fail to mourn sin is because we underestimate it. We assume it’s little more than a cosmic parking ticket. But sin is not trivial; it is treason, an insurrection against heaven’s throne. We have never committed a small sin, because we have never offended a small God.

Are You Set on Being #Blessed or Being a Blessing?

Are you #blessed? Or maybe you’re #TooBlessedToBeStressed. Perhaps your coffee mug or new workout T-shirt proclaims this status to those you meet.

Blessed is everywhere. Our kids are God’s blessings. Our new job, pay raise, and bigger house happen because God has blessed us. Our vacation, new car, and girls’ night out all have us feeling so blessed.

Messy Church History: Keepin’ Us Honest

There are five principles that need to be considered when one is a serious student of church history. These five principles are designed to help one to ask questions that lead to an honest interpretation of church history, rather than a black or white, good guy-bad guy interpretation. Rather than what is called hagiography.  These five principles are frequently in my mind when I interpret  church history and wrestle through the messiness of that which is studied:

3 REASONS WHY PASTORS SHOULD STUDY CHURCH HISTORY

what I’ve discovered—through my own reading and the guidance of my church history professor and doctoral supervisor—is that studying church history can play a big role in the discipleship of a believer. It’s also particularly helpful for training pastors.

Christian, Don’t Suppress Your Identity!

Yet that’s exactly what we’re so often tempted to do, isn’t it?  We’re tempted to divide our life up into little air-tight compartments.  This compartment is what I do for entertainment and it has nothing to do with this compartment that has everything related to being a Christian.  This compartment is for me at work and it has nothing to do with the “religious” compartment.  This compartment is for me on the Internet and it has nothing to do with the “faith” compartment.