Before the fall of man, in the garden of Eden, God’s will for man was that they ate fruit freely from the tree of life. Tree of life, in the poetry of the text, stands parallel to “Spirit of Life” so that to eat from…

When Christ suffered and died on the cross to take away the guilt of our offenses against God, he did more than just protect us in the after-life. This grace made us magnetically irresistible to the presence of God. Paul describes the ontological result as…

The gospel message is in its most simple form the offer and the promise to be unified with Christ. Jesus suffered and died on the cross to unify us with Himself and then put us in the position to give us all that is His….

“For example, when we reach out to the poor and sick, we are not doing so because of some principle of justice, or some theology of poverty and sickness, or some political platform or legislation, or some responsible way of dealing with surplus wealth. We…

“I will take delight in doing good to them.” Jer. 32:41 How do you view God? As one who takes great pleasure and has great joy in doing good for you? Or one who is looking to find a reason to hurt you? Or only…

A quick few thoughts on Easter

The Gospel: the work Jesus has freely done for us in the past so that he can work freely in us in the present. The Gospel is both His past (cause) and present work (effect) both by grace on our behalf. Cross and Resurrection. Death…

Recently, as I prepared my day and planned how and when I would spend time in prayer, I caught myself thinking, “That doesn’t seem like enough time.” I had in my head all the great spiritual heroes of the faith that spent hours in prayer…

There is a well known command in 1 Peter where God demands “Be holy as I am holy.” That can be a challenging command. A statement about God in the book of Revelation can provide some *clears throat* revelation to this seemingly insurmountable requirement. Revelation…