I’m the Pharisee

I’ve misapplied one of Jesus’ parables for years. I understand it, but when I “put myself in the story,” I was the wrong person. I thought I was the tax collector, when actually I was the Pharisee. The parable is in Luke 18:9-14 and reads as follows: He also told this parable to some who [...]

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Edwards’ 12th Resolution

  Jonathan Edwards connects his twelfth resolution with his eleventh. He says: Resolved, If I can take delight in it as a gratification of pride, or vanity, or on any such account, immediately to throw it by. Edwards made a point to know as much theology as he could and to try to understand as [...]

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Resolution # 3 from Edwards

Resolved, if I ever shall fall and grow dull, so as to neglect to keep any part of these Resolutions, to repent of all I can remember, when I come to myself again. That’s Jonathan Edwards’ third resolution. If he should falter or fail in any of his resolutions, his desire is to repent and [...]

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May “Nothing I desire besides You” be true

  After Jesus had drawn a crowd of possibly 25,000 people by feeding them, He drove most of them away by teaching some things that were very difficult to understand. You could call this Jesus’ “Church Attendance Reduction Program.” From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him. “You do [...]

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Good Reading

God is the God of the second chance, right? Not so fast, according to Dan Phillips. You can read his thought-provoking article here. It’s called “The God of the Second Chance – Sometimes”.

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If We Confess Our Sins

Private confession of sin is one thing (I don’t do enough of it, I know that), but public confession of sin seems to be entirely another. Many of us seem to be content with the notion that confession is good for the soul, but only if it’s done individually. The corporate confession of sin sounds, [...]

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