Lost in Faith

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Verse 1 comes before verse 9.  How often have I wanted to change my behavior before I changed my heart.  Verse 9 says Love must be sincere,…. But verse one says be a living sacrifice, or in other words join God in the renewing process and trust him. Why is it that I revert to [...]

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The heavens declare the Glory of God!  I have been assaulted this week with this passage.  Before I read it I traveled to Cape Town South Africa. The beauty of a sunset of Table Bay declares the glory of God. The Twelve Apostles (a set of mountains in Cape) declare the glory of God. Cape [...]

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Verse 1 has to be the sweetest sound of all eternity!  “There is therefore no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” Imagine, no judgment, no guilty verdict, for simply being in the the family of Jesus. This verse doesn’t come out of a clear and clean argument.  Chapter 7 of Romans is one [...]

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Verse 4 “Whoever becomes humble like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.”  This verse stands as an indictment to my theological education! I’ve spent a lot of time in Matthew 18.  Father, you know the time I’ve wasted arguing about “Church Discipline” and the process of dealing with those who profess [...]

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