The Upside of Living in a Post-Christian Nation
Jesus seems to be a lot more interested in building a Church and growing a kingdom in the midst of nations.
Jesus seems to be a lot more interested in building a Church and growing a kingdom in the midst of nations.
Apart from the strength of the Spirit, we will fail. In the strength of the Holy Spirit, all things are possible.
Maybe Paul realized he couldn’t compete with Corinth on Corinth’s terms; that he simply needed to let the gospel speak on the gospel’s terms.
What before were human qualifications, in the hands of the Holy Spirit become Holy Love; the demonstrative power of God.
A God who dies for his own people in order to save them is not only implausible; it is an absurdity.
Petitions and protests have their place in the church, but they tend to be pretty flimsy and of little consequence unless their purposed outcomes have deep moorings in the Word of God.
To be “open-minded” can be a good thing, but open-mindedness is only virtuous to the extent it is accompanied by rigorous discernment.
Are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness inalienable rights, or are they the undeserved gifts of God?
The prisoners baptize the jailer and his whole family as the Holy Spirit cleanses their wounds and initiates them into the Kingdom of God—the New Creation now unfolding.