Posts under ‘Bible Reflection’

This is the last of my three-part (for now) series on the power of grace. I hope you’ve come even just a little bit closer to knowing deeply the richness of God’s grace. But before I write anything more, I want you to watch this video and do your best to emotionally engage. Feel it as deeply as you [...]

In my last post, I shared about how I’ve struggled to boldly speak truth to others because I fear messing it up, even if my intentions are good. This blog post is going to deal with how we can respond to difficult responses to our truth-telling when we acted in ignorance or foolishness, even if [...]

This post marks the kickoff to a three-part blog series on the power of grace. But I intend on blogging about grace for a long time to come, so don’t think that I’m going to stay at three parts forever. I hope the series would rock your world and free your soul. To start, I would like [...]

For those of you who don’t memorize all of my blog posts, let me remind you that StrengthsFinder calls me a futurist. That means I’m always thinking about what’s next. I think God knew about my futurist tendencies when he decided to begin calling me toward relationship with him. Not many people know this, but my [...]

At our Southside New Life Team gathering a couple nights, we reflected on a difficult reality of the Christmas season: misrepresenations of Jesus. At the time of year when America collectively celebrates something that at least has its origins in the birth of the Messiah, our nation’s misconceptions of Jesus become considerably more public. It results in [...]

So in my last post I spent some time introducing the tension between God’s relentless grace and the concept of rewards in heaven. I’m not sure there is a really simple resolution to this tension, but recently I’ve had considerably more peace about the issue. First, I think it might help to understand what our reward will be. I don’t [...]

Many of my friends who deeply understand and experience God’s grace have felt confused or upset by the idea of treasures in heaven. I mean, if God is perfect in mercy and does not repay us according to our wrongdoing (Psalm 103:10), then why do we some day have to account to God for what we did [...]

The other day, while driving through Wheaton, I saw a strip mall-turned-church. I wondered to myself how Wheaton could truly be a “Christian hub” of sorts (as it is known) without revival spreading to nearby towns. How does a huge concentration of Christ-followers stay that immobile? There are a million and one reasons I suppose, but based [...]

This morning, I was reading in 1 Kings and something stuck out to me. The kingdom of Israel was taken from Solomon because he worshiped other gods (1 Kings 11:31-33). Interestingly, the Lord contrasts this behavior with Solomon’s father David, who God says upheld his laws and statutes. Now, we all know this isn’t true in [...]