When Christians begin living like Christians, it affects the world around them. We are light to a dark world. Jesus is the light of the world (John 8:12), and He is a great light that has come to those dwelling in darkness (Matthew 4:16). Because of Christ's work in those of us who are in Christ, we are now light, and we're to live as children of light. We are to have nothing to do with darkness because we've been delivered from its domain (Colossians 1:12-13). Today we find ourselves in ... continue reading...
EP 106: The Salt of the Earth (Sermon on the Mount Series – Matthew 5:13)
In this next episode of the Sermon on the Mount, we start with two common pictures we're all familiar with from everyday life. No matter your location in the world—you know what salt and light are. We are to be salt, and we are to be light or better to state as the scripture states - we ARE salt, and we ARE light. We're going to take these one at a time, so today, we're just working through Matthew 5:13: "You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its ... continue reading...
10 Books Every Christian Should Read
Christian book choices can be a bit overwhelming with all the options available to us. Whether you're buying them online or in a Christian bookstore, you'd like to make wise decisions and spend your time reading books that are solid theologically. Related: Top Ten Book Recommendations Series I'm sharing ten books with you that have impacted me in my walk with Christ, grown me in theological understanding of major doctrines, and taught me how to love God's Word (plus ten more bonus books I ... continue reading...
EP 105: Practical Steps to Overcome Self Pity
I have been camping out in The Excellent Wife book, and I encourage you ladies if you haven’t read it in a bit to dust it off and bring it out again. It will bring your focus of marriage back to a biblical one. One of the chapters that surprised me that I gained much from was the one on loneliness. One statement Martha Peace made in the addendum on loneliness was shared from her friend, “being alone and lonely is not the same thing. If you are alone ... continue reading...
EP 104: Blessed are Those Who are Persecuted (Sermon on the Mount Series – Matthew 5:10-12)
We are coming to a climax today as we finish the last of the beatitudes in our series on the Sermon on the Mount. 10 "Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.11 "Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. 12 Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.Matthew 5:10-12 Sinclair Ferguson ... continue reading...