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church history, discipleship, education, Equipping Classes
This Lord’s Day Orlando Grace Church will be starting a new quarter of classes for the Sunday morning Equipping Hour. Though all the classes will be very valuable, I’d like to paint a brief enticing picture about the Church History class that I’ll be leading. Why study Church history, anyway? I mean, really, all those [...]
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children, community, covenant, education
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. Eph 6:4 Every believing parent worth his or her salt knows this verse. God takes seriously the call to parents (especially fathers) to actively model and nurture faith, godly character, and Biblical understanding in their [...]
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despair, discouragement, prayer, spiritual life
Psalm 61 is a short lament that acknowledges the reality of facing real, overwhelming low points in life and yet crying out and finding hope and strength from God alone. I can resonate with the psalmist’s despair when he says “Hear my cry, O God; give heed unto my prayer. From the end of the [...]
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culture, humility, suffering, trials
Well praise God, they’re out! If you’ve been following the saga of the trapped Chilean miners I’m sure you’re aware that all thirty three were safely extricated from the mine yesterday. The whole incident is quite remarkable on so many fronts: the providential provision of a structurally and atmospherically safe chamber where the men could [...]
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biography, faith, perseverance
When was the last time you read about the life and ministry of a champion of faith who has gone before you? Do you realize that God has given the testimonies of these faithful men and women to us for our encouragement and to aid in our perseverance? This Sunday I’ll have the privilege of [...]
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1 John, false teaching, sanctification, spiritual birth
No one who abides in him sins; no one who sins has either seen him or knows him…. No one who is born of God practices sin, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot sin because he has been born of God. 1 John 3:6, 9 If these verses have produced some consternation [...]
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1 John, limited atonement, propitiation
If you have any familiarity with controversies that swirl within Christendom about details of Reformed Theology then you know what a powder keg this verse is: He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world (1Jn 2:2). Some argue that this verse teaches [...]
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discouragement, praise, strength, worship
Maybe you’re like me and you have them from time to time, days that remind you that you are a sinner, and when your confidence in your own ability comes crashing down around you like a carefully built but all too flimsy house of cards. These are the days when I think I just can’t [...]
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1 John
Thanks to all who attended the first class! Since the information covered this past Sunday for the 1 John class is so crucial to understand the book, for those of you who are interested in coming to the class in future weeks and would like to get a handle on the historical background of John’s first epistle, I [...]
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1 John
Sometimes innovation can be a good thing. Creative problem solving, collaboration to develop new ideas and to think “outside of the box,” is part of being true human beings who possess the image of the One who is infinitely creative and able to solve problems. But in this fallen world, human innovation and obsession with [...]
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