Just who is the gospel for? Dallas Willard writes: Blessed are the physically repulsive, Blessed are those who smell bad, The twisted, misshappen, deformed, The too big, too little, too loud, The bald, the fat, and the old- For they are all riotously celebrated in the party of Jesus. Then there are the ‘seriously’ crushed ones: … Continue reading »
Confusing Law and Gospel
Of course, no one claims to have arrived at perfection, and yet, Calvin says many do claim “to have yielded completely to God, [claiming that] they have kept the law in part and are, in respect to this part, righteous.”Only the terror of the Law can shake us of … Continue reading »
Giving Away Grace Writers and Artists
My late friend Michael Spencer (who passed away nearly two years ago now after an unexpected brief and brutal battle with cancer), wrote the following on his Internet-renowned blog, (Internet Monk)—and it’s stuck with me like a bad case of the blues. It’s something that’d become a part of me long before I read these words: … Continue reading »
Saving Others? Not.
“I, yes I, am the Lord, and there is no other Savior.” ~Isaiah 43:11 I remember the year, it was 1988 and I was what would be best described as a self-confident nineteen year old whippersnapper off to learn how I was gonna change the world. Yeah, me. All you’d have needed to do to … Continue reading »
Part 7: The Gospel of Works
Continuing Tullian Tchividjian’s series on the oft misunderstood Epistle of James. “You can read this book one way and become a Pharisee and read it another way and become a deeper lover of Jesus.” On a personal note, I’ve been going through what you might call a gospel renewal of sorts the last few years in … Continue reading »
Grounds for Acceptance
Only a fraction of the present body of professing Christians are solidly appropriating the justifying work of Christ in their lives…. In their day-to-day existence they rely on their sanctification for justification…. Few know enough to start each day with a thoroughgoing stand upon Luther’s platform: You are accepted, looking outward in faith and claiming the … Continue reading »
You Are More
I dig this tune.
Part 6: The Gospel of Works
Continuing Tullian Tchividjian’s series on the oft misunderstood Epistle of James. “You can read this book one way and become a Pharisee and read it another way and become a deeper lover of Jesus.” On a personal note, I’ve been going through what you might call a gospel renewal of sorts the last few years … Continue reading »
What the Resurrection is Not
Found the following about as good as it gets, and I do my fair share of getting around the evangelical blogosphere. With Easter behind us, it never means the cross and resurrection shouldn’t be daily before us. “The resurrection is not a sentimental story about never giving up, or the possibility of good coming from evil. It is not … Continue reading »
How He Loves Us
I never get enough of the David Crowder Band.
