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Toward a Christian View of Personal Reconciliation

Forgiveness lies at the heart of the Christian religion. Every Christian has been forgiven. Redemption is forgiveness as Paul himself...

Our Sanctification and God's Glory

This past Sunday, my pastor spoke about the distinction between justification and sanctification. Referencing WLC 70 and 75 he showed how...

Three Reasons We Should Be At Church on Sunday

I have been attending Sunday worship since I was a little kid. I don't say this to pat myself on the back. In fact, many of those years...

Community Is a Catalyst for Joy

If you stick around with me in this blog long enough, you'll read a lot of posts like this. Stuff about community. I'm sorry... but...

We Are Natural Followers (And That's a Good Thing)

It seems like people naturally look up to others. When I was a kid my superhero of choice was Spiderman. I'm not sure if it was the...

A Brief Case for Supporting Female Theologians in the Local Church

Moody Bible Institute (my alma mater) recently hired their first ever female faculty member within the Bible and Theology department....

Does Our Theology Edify?

I was initially hesitant to start this blog. It's not as though anyone was asking me to start one and I was rejecting the idea. It was my...

If You Have Affectionate Love For One Another

In one of my previous posts, I looked to Philippians 4 to see how we can understanding encouraging one another towards godliness as an...

Insights on Gospel Community Ethic from the Euodia-Syntyche Dispute

What does Paul have to say about the life-together-ness of the local church?