“I’m trying to do better.”That’s the answer I give to my dental hygienist when she asks about my flossing. What else can you...
Category - Understanding Salvation
Symbolic ordinances like baptism or communion point us to Christ. They are divinely commanded by God, but they are not a condition of salvation. They...
We all know what it is to work for something. I think of the first time I worked and got paid. I was eight years old and it was during the...
Do you think that salvation, getting right with God, and going to heaven is just a matter of doing your best? What about your sin? And how would you...
Not Faith in Faith
When I was a boy I sometimes went on my grandfather’s fishing boat. He fished for herring in the North Sea. He would remind me that some of the crew...
We may well admire self-reliance in some aspects of life and “self-made” people who have achieved great accomplishments through self...