Grace Shaped Lives, part 6. There’s a tendency in our human nature to pursue happiness through our outward circumstances, rather than finding contentment through our position in Christ.
A Holy People Bought with a Price
Grace Shaped Lives, part 5. The body is not disposable, shameful, or spiritually irrelevant. Christianity is not anti-body. God created the body, Christ redeemed the body, the Holy Spirit indwells the body, and one day God will raise the body.
God’s Church, God’s Way
Grace Shaped Lives, part 4. You know the gospel is at work when people stop building their identity on human glory and instead build it on the glory of Jesus Christ.
God’s Hidden Wisdom is Foolishness to the World
Grace Shaped Lives, part 3. The gospel causes us to shift and change our approach to everything in our lives. So much so, that it seems like utter foolishness to the world.
The Cross and the Ladder
Grace Shaped Lives, part 2. The wisdom of man and the wisdom of God are completely different. Where man chooses those that appear strong, God uses the weak and the lowly.
The Gospel of Grace that Creates the Church
Grace Shaped Lives, part 1. For Paul, the gospel isn’t just the entry point to Christianity, but the power and pattern for our entire lives.
Re-made — A New Heavens and New Earth: The Mission Complete
Re-formed, part 14. Recreation is the destiny of the world. Not destruction. Not abandonment. But Renewal.
Re-stored — The Spirit of the Lord Is Upon Me
Re-formed, part 13. Isaiah 61 announces the coming of the Messiah, 700 years before the birth of Jesus, and in Luke 4, we see it fulfilled.
Re-conciled — Salvation That’s Bigger Than You Think
Re-formed, part 12. God doesn’t just save you to restore you. He does it to include you in something global, that’s growing, and will recreate the entire universe.