Maybe you have heard, or even used the words, “When all else fails, pray.” That statement reflects some bad theology related to God’s grace, the nature of the Christian life, and the place of prayer in our lives. But the worst part of that all too...
“But what about…?” is a question we ask when a general rule is put before us. Asking that question can be a way of clarifying the rule to obey it better. 1 Peter 2:12-17 tells us to be subject to the government. That is the rule. Christians...
“But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so also in...
Dear Congregation, Time and truth are tools in the hand of God to heal and to guide his people. Pray with me that both will be used by the Lord to help the grieving families and friends of the precious humans killed on Monday. Let us...
This Sunday evening at Grace Community Church, we are going old school. We are not going back to a decades old church practice. We’re going back much further than that. You might say we are going “Old Testament.” Psalm 89:1 says, “I will sing of the...
Recently, I have been reading and thinking about the search for identity and purpose. My thoughts have been mostly related to how people and organizations are moving away from a fixed identity and purpose to a start-from-scratch search for these things. Redefinition seems to be...
If we have read and believed what the Apostle Paul wrote about the spiritual battle we are currently fighting (Ephesians 6:10-12), then we can easily imagine the devil and the forces of darkness in conversation, plotting ways to get the children of God to pursue...
I have a complicated relationship with blood. The sight of it can make me light-headed and cause my knees to buckle. When my blood is drawn, I look away, so I won’t see the needle enter my vein and the vile turn red. I figure...
Does anyone really think of beauty when they hear the word “holiness”? Not unless they have thought about God and what he is making his children to be. “Holy” is not an adjective for a cow, or a reference to a sanctimonious person. Holiness is real...
I’ve been thinking about hope this week because the sermon text for Sunday is 1 Peter 1:13, “…set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.” While being encouraged by my study, I have found myself...
