Tag: mercy
3 Tips to Loving Others as Jesus Loves Us (How to Extend Agape Love Even When It’s Hard)
As Jesus was finishing up with dinner on the night He was arrested, He told the disciples around the table: 31 … “Now the Son of Man is glorified and God is glorified in him. 32 If God is glorified in him, God will glorify the Son in himself, and will glorify him at once.…
Articles on Salvation
My favorite subject in all the world is the gospel of Jesus—how He loves you and me and how He paid our debt to GOD by offering Himself in our place to die. I love people. I don’t want anyone to experience hell. In America today, many people are hurting and we’re all watching a…
What the Early Christians Believed About Salvation
I’ve previously written several articles on this site about salvation. It’s the subject I’m most passionate about because it’s the single most important topic “under the sun.” As Jesus so perfectly taught, what does it profit us if we gain the entire world and lose our soul? I don’t want any soul to be lost.…
Song Spotlight – “Times” by Tenth Avenue North
In the posts entitled “Guard Your Heart” and “Guard Your Heart: Music Advice,” I wrote about the important role that listening to GOD-focused music can have upon us. I also promised to highlight some specific songs that hold special meaning for me, and today’s post is the first of those. The band Tenth Avenue North…
How to Balance Reverence and Friendship in Your Relationship with GOD
In recent posts, I’ve been discussing the importance of confession in our relationships with GOD and fellow Christians. When discussing our relationship with GOD, one of the aspects that I think doesn’t get discussed enough is the balance between reverential respect and close friendship. I can absolutely see why it may be difficult for us…
December 18 – The Kindness of GOD
Reading Titus 1:1-3:15 Devotional During his post-house arrest travels, Paul left Titus on the island of Crete for the purpose of correcting problems within the church there and appointing elders in every town. Titus has been a long-time partner with Paul in the kingdom. There is a lot of similarity between Paul’s instructions to Timothy…
December 7 – Romans: Salvation at Work
Reading Rom. 3:21-8:39 Devotional Today’s reading tells the beautiful story of how GOD redeemed sinful man from the sentence of spiritual death, how grace works, the Christian’s responsibility to live a holy life, and promises that we have as a result of life in Christ. Rather than summarizing the message, I will instead select specific…
October 27 – Which One Loved More?
Reading Matt. 8:5-13; Luke 7:1-10 Luke 7:11-23 Matt. 11:7-15; Luke 7:24-50 Luke 8:1-3 Matt. 12:22-30; Mark 3:20, 22-27 Matt. 12:31-37; Mark 3:21, 28-30 Matt. 12:38-45; Luke 11:24-28 Matt. 12:46-50 Luke 11:33-36 Devotional Consider the following events from today’s Bible reading: 36 When one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, he went…
August 30 – Lamentations (Part 2)
Reading Lam. 3:1-5:22 Devotional Today we conclude our two-day reading of the book of Lamentations, a collection of sad songs or poems most likely penned by the prophet Jeremiah, following the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 B.C. In Lam. 3, Jeremiah writes about his own personal suffering. GOD has protected Jeremiah from death, but his…