Embracing Grace

Yesterday we talked about Grace at Work in our disgusting sins by looking at the life of David the king who did the unthinkable sin of committing adultery and killing another man to cover it up. We saw how grace begins with the confrontation of our sins and ends with...

Everything Except God

1 Peter has an overriding theme of suffering. In both 1 Peter 1:6 and 1 Peter 4:12, Peter refers to suffering in terms of a fire. I imagine that this is a common metaphor in cultures throughout time, all the way was back to OT times. Just as fire burns away perishable...

A Life of Thanksgiving

As Christians, God has called us to live a life of thanksgiving. But why? Why should we give thanks? Well, simply put, because God said to be: In everything give thanks, for this is God’s will in Christ Jesus (1 Thessalonians 5:23). There it is. Give thanks in...