The Goal of Grace

“Now the end of the Commandment is charity out of a pure heart and of a good conscience and of faith unfeigned.” I Timothy 1:5 Unless we know where we are and where we’re headed, how will we know when we arrive? Someone once said, “Until we’ve been slain by the Law,...

What It’s All About

“Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter:  Fear God and keep His commandments—for this is the whole duty of man.” Ecclesiastes 12:13 Our loving service to the Lord God is easy to remember when it’s boiled down to this one thing. “Fear God and keep His...

With Reverence and Godly Fear

“Wherefore, we, receiving a Kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have Grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and Godly fear—for our God is a consuming fire.” Hebrews 12:28-29 When we remember Who He is and what/where we’d be without Him, it should...

Don’t Sweat It

“Peace I leave with you, My Peace I give unto you—not as the world gives, give I unto you.  Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” John 14:27 Storms may whip the wind and the waves, but Jesus calms the soul. Such peaceful words, these words of...

His Incomparable Peace

“Peace I leave with you, My Peace I give unto you—not as the world gives, give I unto you.  Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” John 14:27 Truly, it’s one-of-a-kind and priceless. Jesus’ “incomparable Peace.” So often we view peace as an absence...