Godliness...is devotion to God which results in a life that is pleasing to him.
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Four Essentials for Finishing Well
This article finds its starting point in Paul's word in 2 Timothy 4:6-8, and discusses four elements that are essential for finishing well (or aging as a believer). They revolve around a daily reliance upon the Lord and his gospel.
The Least of the Apostles
This article considers two of the most important Christian character traits in the life of Paul: love for God's people and humility. The article attempts to trace the source of all these in Paul's salvation and in his understanding of God's love for him when he was unworthy of it.
Gospel-Driven Sanctification
This article discusses what true sanctification looks like. The gospel is not only essential at the beginning of the Christian life. It is essential for the whole of the Christian life. Failure to understand this will lead to a works-based approach to the Christian life.
We must see our circumstances through God’s love, instead of, as we are prone to do, seeing God’s love through our circumstances.
Morality does not qualify as biblical obedience unless it springs from the fear of God – from a reverential awe of who He is and what He has done for us.
Transforming Love
A deeply distressed father sat for two weeks in a pediatric ICU, watching his three-year-old son slowly die. During those two weeks he read through, quite surprisingly, a book on the Gospel. He later wrote to me, “I want to say to you the Gospel really is for real life.” This article is about sin and the forgiveness of sin.