Coming to Grips With Genesis

Recently we worked through Genesis 1 and 2 and took some time to deal with the debate about creation. Was the creation week literally seven 24 hour days or is Genesis 1 and 2 poetry and making a literary point about creation not the method and time-frame of creation?...

How Important is Singing to you?

How important is singing to you? As soon as I ask that question I can imagine various responses. Some might say, “I love to sing because I feel like I have been gifted to do so.” Some might say “I do not enjoy it, you would know why if you heard me...

Distinguishing Justification and Sanctification

This is the third installment in a series of posts from Holiness: Its Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties, and Roots(Hardcopy/Kindle). J. C. Ryle’s classic book on Holiness very helpfully works through various aspects of Sanctification. First Post: 12 points defining...

This Week’s Memory Verse: Psalm 119:137

There have already been many opportunities this week for us to live by faith in what this week’s memory verse says: “Righteous are You, O LORD, And upright are Your judgments” (Psalm 119:137). Every day we can either acknowledge all that God does...

The Visible Evidence of Sanctification

This is the second post in a series of posts from Holiness: Its Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties, and Roots(Hardcopy/Kindle). J. C. Ryle’s classic book on Holiness very helpfully works through various aspects of Sanctification. Last week we saw 12 points that he...