How should we view our motivation for achieving success in this life? On the one hand, we are told to have faith and God will provide for us, but on the other, we are still required to work and better ourselves. How do we balance these two truths so we don’t end up lazy, apathetic [...]
Anyone going through trials can tell you its not fun, nor desirable. I will certainly agree and add that when going through trials, I make every effort to try to get out of it as quickly as possible, no matter the cost. For most trials, this attitude works, the trials comes, I grin and bear [...]
Why work? Isn’t God the one who works? If we join God in his work, we are still the ones calling the shots. If we go out and do our own work, God is not in it. So how do we go about doing the Lord’s work? Clearly this is a Calvinist problem and not [...]
To answer yesterday’s post about faith, we need to make some comparisons. Most of us know the great debate between the faith of Paul and that of James. I firmly believe that there is no contradiction between their messages, but I want to examine the way they work themselves out practically. Paul’s Faith Paul wrote [...]
I got to thinking about what it means to be dependent on God for our life. I am not dependent on God for anything unless I actually step out in faithful obedience. I could say, “I’m going to depend upon God to get me out of this slump and open my mouth to start talking [...]
Since writing my previous post, I found my old journal, one I started back around 2004. My life back then was very similar to what it is now. I had just graduated college and was waiting for my family’s business to get started, so there was about 9 months of doing nothing, sitting at my [...]
Ok, I’m going to let you in on a little secret – seminary students struggle with their faith. You may think, how can that be, you’re learning about God? Well, there’s two major reasons. One, we neglect true intimate time, with our heart engaged, in worship and Bible study. Second, we get so puffed up [...]