Discipleship, Even Unto The Details

“And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even unto death on a cross.” Philippians 2:8 NASB That is how Jesus defines obedience. And in Luke 14 He tells us what obedience looks like if we are to be His...

Word Of The Day: Bedlam

For God is not the author of confusion but of peace. 1 Corinthians 14:33a NKJV Bedlam is both entirely foreign to the Attributes of God, and diametrically opposed to His Will. The Bedlam continuum (disorder, chaos, bedlam) signifies the absence of God and the poverty...

Spiritual Formation

I don’t mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me. Paul, Philippians 3:12 NLT And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory...

Easter Redux | 4

What Love Is This? In the Garden of Gethsemane, immediately before His arrest, trial, and crucifixion, Jesus knelt and began to pray, “Father, if You are willing, take this cup from Me, nevertheless, not My will, but Yours, be done.” Then an angel from heaven appeared...

Easter Redux | 3

Convicted If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. Romans 10:9 NASB For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. Romans 20:13 NASB For I am convinced that neither...

Easter Redux | 2

I Am The Man One of the twelve disciples, Thomas called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” Thomas said to them, “Unless I see the scars of the nails in His hands and put my finger on those scars and...