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The phrase “and they did not believe” came up several times as I was reading the Bible this morning. When I read phrases like that, I become nauseatingly aware of my disbelief. I am usually prompted to pray the only thing I know to, “Holy Spirit, help me.” If I’m honest, I find myself whispering that prayer a lot these days. Thankfully, my
Here are five things that stand out from my week. What did you hear this…
I’m a little giddy as I begin writing about Wisdom. In some way that seems paradoxical because I imagine wisdom as stately, grounded, serious. And, well, giddy doesn’t seem to belong in that group of images. Maybe it’s a daughter-like awe of her Father in me: knowing that in all his holiness and sovereignty, God loves to be with me. In Knowing God, J.I. Packer suggests that God’s wisdom does not abandon his first purpose…to bring us to a place where he is our all in all.
Here are five things I heard this week. What did you hear? Tempos are the…
Here are five things I heard this week. What did you hear? I heard some…
Do you trust God’s love for you? I mean, with every part of your day and life. Picture this. You’re on your way to work, you select the song “Reckless Love” on your iPod and hit play. With the windows rolled down, you sing along with at the top of your lungs totally lost in the moment. You remember details of God’s overwhelming love in your own life—
The scripture that keeps coming to mind is Psalm 35:27, “Great is the LORD, who delights in the welfare of his servant!” The Hebrew word for “welfare” in this verse is shalom. That’s right, the same shalom that means “peace.” Our welfare is connected to peace. He delights in our peace. Yes, he is sovereign over Satan, and he created the expanding universe, but he is also sovereign over the freckles on my face. Maybe freckles seem too elementary, but I believe that is exactly the point. He is Lord over the big, giganticness of life, and he is also Lord of the small, tininess of life.
For some, the sovereign nature of God is or can be the confusing and disillusioning. I don’t want to ignore my brothers and sisters in this place; and I want to keep learning more about God’s sovereignty. So, I asked a friend to help me out and they sent these four focused, important truths about God’s sovereignty*. Let’s call them the Four S’s of Sovereignty — Salvation, Sin, Satan, and Suffering.
Not too long ago I was able to vacate my normal routine and go to…
Outside my window a Chickadee scraped the branch of a tree, gathering until stringed fibers…
Brave Sparrow 