Tag: Spiritual Growth

Re-formed, part 6. This is the question at the heart of Isaiah. The answer is in the section we looked at last week: “In repentance and rest is your salvation; in quietness and in trust is your strength” (30:15)

Re-formed, part 5. If you have renovated a house or decluttered a room, you’ll know it tends to produce more chaos before it can be restored. This morning we look at 15 chapters of Isaiah where God reorders the world.

Re-formed, part 4. Jesus, the root and shoot of Jesse, brings cosmic peace and gathers the nations.

Future Hope, part 5. Looking at holiness with our bodies, our love for one another, and diligence in our work.

Future Hope, part 4. When difficult times hit, we often pray for an escape — a way out. But God quite often seeks to strengthen us in the battle instead, causing us to rely on him, and not on ourselves.

Future Hope, part 2. In Jesus the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and he is the one who gives and sustains life. The Holy Spirit lives in us, transforming us into his image.

Future Hope, part 1. A Christian is someone who believes in the words (affirmations) of the gospel and in whom the gospel has become a power. That power then creates imitators of the Lord Jesus.

Godly Little Letters, part 4. All believers will contend for the gospel, they will struggle and strive for it, contest difficulty and take a stand. The extreme persecution of the first century couldn’t wipe out the faith of the early … Continue reading “Jude: Contend for the Faith”

Godly Little Letters, part 3. Freedom, forgiveness, mercy, grace, and a change of identity. God loves to transform us out of what we once were into something completely new.