How do you respond to God’s word and His electing love? Would it be like this: “How have You loved me?” or “In what way have You loved me with all this pain I have?”
In a tweet the other day regarding my daughter and her recent illness, I made reference to “common grace”. The context of the reference was in regards to antibiotics and how they can heal both the righteous and the unrighteous just the same. Since I brought it up, I figured I’d do [...]
When God makes a promise like He does in Romans 8:28 – that ALL things will work together for the good of those who love Him – He means exactly that…ALL things. So no matter how difficult the circumstances are that come into the life of a Christian, God in His sovereignty has ordained them to come about and He is using them for the good of His children.
The burden (oracle) of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi (my messenger). (Malachi 1:1)
It is my burden over the next few weeks to share with you the things that the Lord has revealed to me. This verse, for any child of God, should be a comfort [...]
The truth of the matter is that Christians are supposed to live their lives as if Jesus could return at ANY time. We aren’t supposed to just sit around like old men on a park bench waiting for the end of all things…
The doctrine of Total Depravity states that man is so corrupted by sin that his very nature has become wicked. The extent of this corruption is so far reaching that man’s thoughts, emotions, desires, even his very will are tainted…Frankly, we are haters of God and have no desire to be reconciled to Him.
To say that the past month has been a challenging one for the Weaver household would be an understatement. In mid-February, a stomach bug made its rounds throughout our household (somehow avoiding yours truly). As a result of that stomach bug, my wife ended up in the hospital at the end of [...]
It’s almost as if Jesus is saying this to His disciples: “Calm down, I’m God. I made this storm. I am sovereign over it.”…Everything that happens in all of creation is either directly caused by or directly allowed by God. There is nothing that happens that catches God by surprise. Our God isn’t reactive, He’s proactive. So, if there is a trial or tribulation in your life, it is there because God wants you to learn something from it.
