Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? … And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God (1 Corinthians 6:9-11). Such were some of you. On one hand, what sweet words these are to believers! The church is not for perfect people but for sin-scarred, once-blind, still struggling people. Look at this list! Individuals who once were sexually immoral, idolat...| JustinHuffman.org | The Online Home of Pastor Justin Huffman
“If I never see another rock again, it will be too soon.” My husband and I, along with four other sponsors and sixteen teenagers took off earlier this summer for northeast Ontario to assist in the …| Bible Study Nerd
If you are a believer, then you are “sanctified”, you are a saint (same root word). The word sanctification means "to set apart for a particular purpose." There is no ceremonial act—not even baptism or the Lord’s Supper—which is needed in order to be saved, or sanctified. This may be confusing, howe| JustinHuffman.org | The Online Home of Pastor Justin Huffman
A bombshell landed on the literary world last year after the death of Cormac McCarthy, the man who had been, arguably, America’s greatest living novelist. The shock was not McCarthy’s passing (he was 89), but a Vanity Fair article by Vincenzo Barney that broke news of a nearly fifty-year relationship with a woman named Augusta … Continue reading While his characters were getting better (a cautionary tale)→| joshuamcnall.com
Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves (2 Corinthians 13:5). Paul's exhortation to be regularly testing the sincerity and purity of your own faith is not given in order to make you doubt your salvation every other day. Faith in Christ is exactly that: faith in Jesu| JustinHuffman.org | The Online Home of Pastor Justin Huffman
Recently, Patricia Oedy-Murray from Annunciation Radio in Toledo/Sandusky, Ohio, interviewed me about my article on … Continue Reading The post Catholic Radio Interviews on Grace and Merit appeared first on Catholicism Explained.| Catholicism Explained
In this life, we encounter innumerable struggles. They can range from struggles against sin to … Continue Reading The post How Suffering Can Make Us Full of Grace appeared first on Catholicism Explained.| Catholicism Explained
Have you read recently Paul’s defense of his ministry in front of Agrippa and Festus? There is a lot that can be said about it, a lot more than I will say here, but reading chapter 26 of Acts…| John Meunier
Paul Rutherford provides an overview of the Puritan John Owen's classic book 'The Mortification of Sin.'| Probe Ministries
How do I know if I am self-righteous? I’m concerned with Christian counselees that are focused on their own good deeds, but don’t realize it. For this blog I’m defining self-righteousness as the belief that I have earned some favor with God through my behavior, character, thoughts, or deeds. So how would I know if I’m self-righteous? What would one symptom be?| kraigkeck.com
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and| JustinHuffman.org | The Online Home of Pastor Justin Huffman
There are lots of wrong ways to think about Jesus at Christmas, aren’t there? There’s the sentimental Jesus. This is the view that the baby in the manger is just a nice story. We repeat it because it’s part of Christmas folklore. The Jesus story gives us warm feelings at Christmas time. Sentimental Jesus is … Continue reading "Which Jesus at Christmas?"| kraigkeck.com
Sanctification is a deepening journey, not an upward climb. Discover how the Holy Spirit humbles us, revealing our ongoing need for Christ's grace and magnifying the power of the cross.| Gentle Reformation
The Christian life is the graced process of becoming in practice who we already are in position.| Gentle Reformation
The moral of the story? Be careful how you exhort people to “cease striving,” if at all.| Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary
When we think about morality, we often tell ourselves to avoid the big sins and be nice. Although these goals are good, especially for the novice Christian, the| Catholicism Explained
One of the distinctives of the approach taken by Spiritual Friendship and others (including those typically referred to as “side B”) is a rejection of the ex-gay movement’s pursuit of change in sex…| Spiritual Friendship
Instead of committing to New Year’s resolutions this year and experiencing discouragement and guilty, try establishing some Rules for Life that will put you in the right place, at the right t…| Build Your Walls! Guard Your Gates!
