God will not do our repenting for us.

More on repentance, this time from From A.W. Tozer’s excellent little book, Paths to Power: In the things-which-God-cannot-do category is this: God cannot do our repenting for us. In our efforts to magnify grace we have so preached the truth as to convey the...

Are you fighting the Holy Spirit?

I just read this very interesting thought: A man who has no self-control is fighting the Holy Spirit whose fruit always produces it.  That’s so insightful. Because, think about it: Galatians 5:23 does say that the fruit of the spirit is self-control. Which...

Beyond the Personal and Introspective

Still thinking about communion, since Monday night. Gordon Fee has these great thoughts on 1 Corinthians 11:26–“For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death till He comes.” It’s a little...

Can I be totally free from lust?

Young men…young women? Did the title of this post grab you? For many of us, the battle with lust is a front and center battle in our Christian life. Our non-believing friends would never understand it. They don’t battle lust–they love it. They revel...

In the heart of everyone who thinks of me…

I was looking for this to post on friday, couldn’t find it, and then stumbled onto an old post on this blog…it had already been posted here back in 2012. Oh well. here it is. So good… The Prayer of Saint Patrick Through the strength of heaven; Light...