Do you ever wish that God spoke and worked in our own time as He did in the Old Testament or in the days of the original Apostles? We have probably all, at one time or another, found ourselves wishing for this. We may be facing a difficult decision and we crave the straightforward clarity …
In this series, we’ve examined the definition of biblical meekness and how it flows from the character of God. Now we come to an exploration of how God instructs us to live in light of biblical meekness. When Jesus declares a blessing over the meek in Matthew 5:5, he speaks in alignment with the rest …
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In the last post, we laid out the assertion that Christian living is based in the character of God. We live in accordance with the way Christ lived while he was on Earth and we seek to develop our character and lifestyle after God’s character. Therefore, if we want to understand how to be meek …
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Applied theology takes what we know of God and asks the question: “how should we then live?” Theology, after all, is the study of God. We seek to know God so we can grow in our relationship with Him and understand how He wants us to live. Therefore, any discussion of the Christian life, any …
People say that Christianity forces them to abide by too many rules. Christians are commonly viewed as “killjoys” and strict “puritans”, not able to simply live life and enjoy the blessings of living without instituting strict rules and restrictions. However, in a society like ours today, Gospel-centered Christianity offers the most freedom from the law …
Questions are really terrific. Jason Isbell once described them as “directions to the Truth”. It’s no surprise, therefore, that our understanding of theology is helped along by the ever-useful Catechism. Catechisms use the form of questions (and subsequent answers) to teach theological doctrines. Perhaps the most well-known of catechism questions comes from the Westminster Shorter …
Incarnation is not a word we necessarily use often in everyday conversations. Honestly, very few of us even take the time to truly unpack this word and its implications. Incarnation simply means “becoming flesh”. To be “incarnate” is to be in the flesh. When we speak of THE Incarnation (of Christ) we are simply referring …
I think I don’t think about God as much as I certainly ought. When I do it’s very compartmentalized study and meditation. I think about him during the designated times for theology and worship, namely Sunday mornings and half-hour (at most) “devotional times”. But I’ve come to realize that God demands the entirety of my …
