Mar 5, 2025 | Choice, Practices
True Religious Liberty: Freedom from Below, Not Oppression from Above Religious liberty is one of the most precious freedoms we have. It is not merely a political ideal but a deeply biblical principle—one that recognizes that faith must be freely chosen, never...
Jan 22, 2024 | Choice, Practices
Why Me, Lord? Why me Lord, what have I ever done To deserve even one Of the pleasures I’ve known? Tell me Lord, what did I ever do That was worth loving You Or the kindness You’ve shown? Lord help me Jesus, I’ve wasted it so Help me Jesus, I know...
Aug 23, 2021 | Choice, Practices
Just then a religion scholar stood up with a question to test Jesus. “Teacher, what do I need to do to get eternal life?” He answered, “What’s written in God’s Law? How do you interpret it?” He said, “That you love the Lord your God with all your passion and prayer...
May 24, 2021 | Choice, Practices
Good choices are hard, especially in weak moments. Does it help us with our choices to know that Jesus had weak moments and tough choices, too? Now Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wild. For forty wilderness days and...
Feb 8, 2021 | Choice, Practices
Repentance is turning around. A 180-degree turn to God’s Grace. But is all repentance identical? Does it matter whether you’re poor or rich? Compare these two stories. The Prodigal Son of Jesus’ Parable of the Loving Father (Luke 15) makes a relatively clear, obvious...
Nov 16, 2020 | Choice, Practices
Does life seem repetitive? Does each day seem the same? Do you get up in the morning, go the same places, do the same tasks, eat the same meals, see the same people? Even if there’s options, are they the same options each time? One season follows another. Fall,...
