Tag: what is

  • What is the Lord’s Supper?

    What is the Lord’s Supper?

    Last week we talked about the ordinance of Baptism. In Baptism, we declare our death to sin and our new life in Christ Jesus. This week, we will see the theology of the Lord’s Supper. The Lord’s Supper is practiced in a variety of ways in our age. In the New Testament, the church would…

  • So, There’s This Weird Thing Called Baptism…

    So, There’s This Weird Thing Called Baptism…

    God’s work is simply awe-inspiring. The last two months in my personal ministry and in my personal growth with our Lord has been truly amazing. I will share a little about that as we get into the text. This will be the second time since the beginning of December that we have been in the…

  • Empowering of the Holy Spirit

    Empowering of the Holy Spirit

    Over the previous two weeks, we have been thinking together about the identity of God as Father and Son. We have seen, in Scripture, that the trinitarian existence of God is no new concept. Even the earliest of human religion recognized the single creator-God and the work of the Son. We saw that both the…

  • True Prosperity

    True Prosperity

    In the last month, my wife and I were sitting in a Bible study for young adults and an illustration was made by the group leader. As part of his illustration, he asked if anyone ever knew anybody who naturally did well in school, getting A’s without even trying. Immediately my wife looked at me…

  • Dear Leader, part 5 (Pastors?)

    Dear Leader, part 5 (Pastors?)

    This exercise is a continuation of a series we started at Grace with our leadership while I served as interim there. For those who are not pastors or deacons, but who lead in some capacity in any arena of life, these books are a tremendous resource in Scripture. I encourage all of those who would…

  • What is Church Membership? Part 1

    What is Church Membership? Part 1

    Over the next six months in our Family Meetings at Grace, we will be following the outline of Thom Rainer’s I Am a Church Member. We want to discover, or rediscover, what it means to be a healthy part of a healthy local church because, in a wretched world, it’s easy to forget or lose…

  • Why do we need to be saved? What from?

    Why do we need to be saved? What from?

    My wife and I use the GPS on our phones often. What an amazing gift this technology is. I remember going on a road trip with Kati’s family some time ago to the Smokey Mountains in Tennessee. Kati’s dad sat in the passenger seat so he could look at the map while her mom drove.…

  • What is Righteousness?

    What is Righteousness?

    Before I willingly surrendered my life to Christ at fifteen years of age, I don’t know that I would describe myself as an atheist. Perhaps I was more of a deist. I probably believed that there was a god, but I had no interest at all in really knowing that god or worshipping that god.…