Effective Prayer – Chipping away at the Stodge by Jan Cox I always wonder how effective I am at praying for others. When I pray for others am I identified with the ways of Christ? Last week someone in my Bible study said something very profound. She said she thinks we are filled with the… Continue reading EFFECTIVE PRAYER – CHIPPING AWAY AT THE STODGE…
“Thou shall not.” If you are a Christian, you are familiar with this phrase. Have you ever wondered why God needs to set up rules or commandments? Did He just set them to punish people when they disobey?For non-believers, they think that being a Christ follower is all about obeying...…
(Photo: Unsplash) Bloodwork. Bleomycin infusion. Fourth floor oncology appointment. Those were the events that appeared when I opened my iPhone calendar yesterday morning—three digital boxes below a banner wishing me a happy thirty-second birthday. This wasn’t the first year my family spent a special occasion navigating the side effects of...…
Hyper-Grace Teacher? I speak and write a great deal about the freedom we have in Christ. Indeed, one of the most beautiful redundancies in the entire Bible is found in Galatians 5:1, “It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.” In Romans 5, the apostle Paul is expounding on the grace of God,……
To understand the imputation of sin, we must first recognize what is meant by “original sin,” the first sin of Adam, and the subsequent sinful nature inherited by every person because of his transgression. Our sinful nature is called depravity and consists of four things that are true of every man a…
The Imputation of Sin To understand the imputation of sin, we must first recognize what is meant by “original sin,” the first sin of Adam, and the subsequent sinful nature inherited by every person because of his transgression. [i] Our sinful nature is called depravity and consists of four things…