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April 2015

April 22, 2015

Words

Please, please, please, let us be more careful with our words. Let our blogs be...

September 2014

September 04, 2014

What the 9th Commandment Means

1. God’s will is that I never give false testimony against anyone. 2. I twist...

June 2014

June 09, 2014

Sex, Drugs, Ink and Purity

Purity is not what you do or have done. It was not lost with how...

April 2014

April 29, 2014

Forgiveness and Trust

Confusing forgiveness and trust means that forgiveness doesn’t actually have any teeth; it’s grace without...

April 23, 2014

Look and Remember

Don’t you know that God has determined to flood this world with His grace, through...

April 22, 2014

Christian Submission

"The word submission, on its own, holds no moral value whatsoever. Submission could be noble,...

April 19, 2014

Romans 12:18

Remember that when David marched forward to fight Goliath, his courage was considered by his...

April 16, 2014

Repentance

"If we preach a “gospel” with no call to repentance we are preaching something other...

April 15, 2014

Modest About Immodesty

It's time for Christian men to stop having immodest reactions to immodesty. Yes, female immodesty...

April 15, 2014

Worshipping With Your Brain

Failure to think, failure to think carefully, failure to think courageously, failure to think creatively...

February 2014

February 21, 2014

Don’t Waste Your ____________

"Cancer does not win if we die. It wins if we fail to cherish Christ."-John...

February 19, 2014

Anxiety: Sin, Disorder, or Both?

This is something I have a lot of experience with. I've fought with "normal" levels...

February 11, 2014

Your Body

Your body is not yours. You are its steward. Because you were bought with a price, all...

February 10, 2014

You Need to Sleep

God created us this way. Just like oxygen and food, we need sleep to work...

February 06, 2014

Beautiful Outlaw GIVEAWAY

Jesus came to reveal God to us. He is the defining word on God —...

January 2014

January 30, 2014

December 2013

December 23, 2013

Pride in Problem Solving

"Whenever strife and arguments and contention exist, we can be certain pride is somehow involved."...

December 19, 2013

Adoption

"...when the lost sons are found and adopted and clothed and given their inheritance it...

December 17, 2013

Friends

(Spiritual friendship)...is eagerly helping one another know, serve,love, and resemble God in deeper and deeper...

December 16, 2013

Hospitable Love

When I make my home an inhospitable environment (as in hostile, cold, and unwelcoming) for...

December 15, 2013

Priorities

If you can keep Christ at the center of your day...you will find that the...

December 10, 2013

Theologic Lip Service

Good theology is necessary. But theology apart from a heart captured by the gospel is...

November 2013

November 14, 2013

Blood-Stained Hands

I was particularly convicted by my devotional reading this morning. Calvin Seerveld was discussing Isaiah...

November 08, 2013

Obedience Ensures Happiness

Laissez-faire parenting does not produce gracious, humble children. It produces brats. They are neither fun...

November 08, 2013

Seerveld on Psalm 116

No matter how battered, abused, neglected, sin-ridden one be — if you live under a...

October 2013

October 02, 2013

What Are Women For?

Excellent sermon series by my pastor. This is two parts of a 6 part series,...