Peter, leader of the disciples. Always the disciple listed first. Always the first one to do something crazy. He’s the perfect representation of you and me.
When we look at the beginning of Peter’s journey with Jesus (Luke 5:1-11; Matt. 4:18-22), we see a couple of amazing things:
1) Jesus tells Peter to cast his nets into the lake for a catch after Peter had been fishing all day and caught NOTHING. Peter does it.
2) Jesus tells Peter to follow Him. Peter does it.
Posted in Bible Study
Tagged Christ, Christianity, Church, Crucifixion, death, Divine Plan, Evil, Following Jesus, God, God’s Will, Gospel, Jesus, Peter, Religion, sin, Sinners, Sovereignty, The Bible, The Cross
This is the final post in the Gospel and Politics series. If you’re new to the blog, you’ll want to start with the first post in the series.
Posted in Gospel and Politics, Politics
Tagged Christ, Christianity, Church, Crucifixion, death, Divine Plan, Evil, God, God’s Will, Gospel, Gospel in Politics, Jesus, Politics, Religion, sin, Sinners, Sovereignty, The Bible, The Cross, The Gospel is important in politics, The Gospel is important to politics
Where were you when the world stopped turning? This is the question that Trevin Wax asked his readers on his blog. Trevin also asked some of the leading pastors about their thoughts on ministry in a Post-9/11 World. Tim Keller did an excellent job addressing the issues of suffering, hope, and God’s sovereignty over 9/11 for The Gospel Coalition. Crossway had a series of posts based on R.C. Sproul’s book When Worlds Collide: Where is God?, asking Was 9/11 A Senseless Tragedy?, discussing this tragic event’s effect on Moral Relativism, and how 9/11 Shows the Value of Human Life. And Russell Moore does an absolutely outstanding job discussing The Gospel at Ground Zero for Christianity Today.
Posted in Life Lessons
Tagged 9/11, Christ, Christianity, Christianity Today, Church, Crucifixion, death, Divine Plan, Evil, God, God’s Will, Gospel, Jesus, Original Sin, Questioning Salvation, Questioning Your Salvation, Religion, Russell Moore, sin, Sinners, Sovereignty, Suffering, The Bible, The Cross, The Gospel Coalition, Tragedy, Trevin Wax
In the previous post in the series, we said that much of the confusion about whether or not a person is “saved” once they confess Christ comes from a problem rooted in the misunderstanding of man’s nature in relation to sin, moral ability, and the guilt of sin. In this blog, we’ll look at what happened at The Fall, when Adam and Eve sinned, and how that affects the rest of man throughout Scripture.
Posted in Questioning Your Salvation, Theology
Tagged Christ, Christianity, Church, Crucifixion, death, Divine Plan, Evil, God, God’s Will, Gospel, Jesus, Original Sin, Questioning Salvation, Questioning Your Salvation, Religion, sin, Sinners, Sovereignty, The Bible, The Cross
In the last post of this three part series, we ended saying that The Great Commission is Jesus sending us out, under His authority as King, to advance His kingdom. To many people, this would still give a “We don’t belong here, so who cares” attitude. This line of thinking results in not really caring about what’s going on politically (and sometimes extends further than that). Or the other extreme, being so focused on our time here that they get side-tracked by much of the silliness of politics, business, etc. Neither of these views is appropriate for a Christian. Neither of these views is appropriate for one who is Kingdom focused.
Posted in Gospel and Politics, Politics
Tagged Christ, Christianity, Church, Crucifixion, death, Divine Plan, Evil, God, God’s Will, Gospel, Gospel in Politics, Jesus, Politics, Religion, sin, Sinners, Sovereignty, The Bible, The Cross, The Gospel is important in politics, The Gospel is important to politics
