Tag: reformed theology
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It’s Been A While, But I’m Finally in a Healthy Frame of Mind
Hurt is hard. I realized in the last month that it has been more than a year since I have done any serious writing. I had given up on ministry and started my own business because, frankly, I was done being hurt. At the beginning of 2023, a friend of mine (a couple, actually) told…
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Daily Devotional: Romans 16:16-27
Paul encourages Greek Christians in Rome to greet one another with a holy kiss and tells them that the churches outside of Rome greet them as brothers and sisters. While I understand the need to teach teenagers to side-hug and the reservation adults have when interacting with one-another, we learn in Scripture that the Christian…
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Daily Devotional: Romans 9:22-33
Paul has established that God predestined an elect group of people before they were born from among the Jews and gentiles. As the creator, He has a right to choose and justify a people for Himself. As the created, we have no rights over our own bodies or souls. Salvation (justification) is, therefore, by grace…
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When the Holy Spirit Departs
Moses has so far told the story of creation, the woman, and God promise to her. Her seed shall bruise the head of the serpent and his seed. When Cain killed Abel, Cain was exiled and Seth was born. Noah was born a descendant of Seth, the one who would bring rest from toilsome labor…
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Once Saved Always Saved?
We talk about security in many ways. We desire job security, emotional security, physical security, and material security. We desire things to be such that if we lose something we are able to replace it. So, we buy insurance for the things we can. We desire loyalty. Have you ever wondered why every person seems…
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It Pleases God To Have People Reject Jesus?
Jesus has been teaching about the rejection of His Gospel—despite our sin, God’s people are saved by grace through faith and not by any works of their own. Galileans are refusing to repent even though the kingdom of Heaven is at hand. In the previous passage, Jesus claimed that if Tyre, Sidon, and Sodom would…