Month: September 2012

In Peter's second letter, he makes an important statement about continuous growth: "If these characteristics are in you and continuously increasing, you will become effective and fruitful in your experiential knowledge of Christ" (2Pet.1:8, paraphrased)....

To be perfectly honest, most of the time when I pray for others, my prayer often takes less than a minute. I pray for what seems important and make it as simple and succinct as possible. But today I tried something different. Feeling led to spend more than just...

I was hit afresh this morning by the truth of what God did for us. He took all our guilt and shame and sin and ugliness out of our body and soul, and took it upon Himself, so that we could be free. Not for any justifiable reason —...

"Seek the Lord while He may be found; call upon Him while He is near" (Isa.55:6). Familiar words. But today I noticed the context, and my heart was warmed....

When I was taking a class on Biblical interpretation, my professor said, "The key to interpretation is 'context, context, context.' By that he meant we had to take into consideration the grammar, the literature, and the historical setting in order to discern the meaning of the passage. But I...

Every once in a while a phrase sticks in my head that is terrible grammar, but seems full of life — in part because it jars my senses a bit. Today it was, “I’m belonged to You, God!”...

“There is forgiveness with You, so that You may be revered” (Ps.130:4). That strikes me as a bit odd, since for so many years I thought reverence came from being fearsome and threatening. Here the psalmist is drawn to reverence out of God’s forbearance and love....