All tagged sin
When we believe, we share in his death through baptism. We live in community, partaking of his body and blood when we assemble together. But life is still hard. Jesus himself reminded his followers that they would have trouble in this world—but to take heart because he has overcome the world.
Christ’s life becomes our life. Christ’s death becomes our death. And Christ’s resurrection will become our resurrection. Because in Christ, and through Christ, and with Christ, we are drawn out of the river of sin and death that all started at a town called Adam.
This is the lesson we must learn. The gospel is good news for those who recognize themselves as sinners, not for those who trust in their own righteousness.
Quit playing around with your sin. Stop it. Cut it off at the source. Be radical in stopping your addictions. Stop rationalizing and making excuses
We are all sinners in need of a Savior. In our fears, failures, and frustrations, let us surrender our situations to our Savior whose power is made perfect in our weakness.
Peter has not lived up to the person he claimed to be, and because of this incongruity, he has experienced a moral injury.
I want to delve into moral and spiritual injury, looking at ways that we as Christians, ministers, pastors, counselors, and chaplains can respond when we encounter it.
Like the older son, we can all remain with the father. Comfortable in our church building, performing our occasional goods works, while expecting the father to return our efforts with great reward.
Scott Sauls writes, “Christians possess resources in Christ to pursue harmony between individuals and groups who could not possibly come together, let alone love one another, outside of Christ.”
Unity with God means moving through the world in constant communion: every bit of news, each conversation, every gaze met, offered up in prayer.
I now know (with all my heart) that I am deeply loved. Not because I have minimized my sin and helped others manage theirs, but simply because I exist.
My recent surgery made me think about melanoma and sin, about radical physical and spiritual surgery, and about recovery.
True growth comes not from questions of defense, but questions about how to reach a dark world with the light of Jesus.
It seems like the adage of pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps is still thriving. The rats, however, have a different opinion.
How do we do justice and show mercy at the same time? They seem contradictory, and fusing them together is a rather sloppy job of spiritual and social welding.
It sounds good on the surface, but it's actually difficult to explain how it works in real life.
Then healing happens. God forgives, heals the wounds, and provides what is needed for a new and healthy life in him.
Every church leader has witnessed it: one of the members of their church community gets caught it sin. They were caught in their sin and are desperately seeking your advice and counsel.
