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19/06/23 06:36

Grace and Truth: A Response to Craig Groeschel

22/12/22 07:11

A Resonse to Craig Groeschel’s Devotional on John 1:14
I appreciate what Craig Groeschel has done. Just the YouVersion alone is a tremendous accomplishment of his church and him. Thank you Craig!

However, I must take Craig to task for his YouVersion devotional video of December 22, 2022, with thoughts given concerning John 1:14. I wanted to share the video, or link to it, here, but you’ll have to go to YouVersion to see it for yourself as I couldn’t find a way to share the video from the app.

In it, he makes a common error of our age. He contrasts grace and truth like these are in competition with each other. He uses examples of “truthers,” those whose kids go wild once they are on their own as they’ve had all truth and very little grace. Then he talks about those who emphasize grace rather than truth and become relativists.
I understand what he is saying, or, rather, attempting to say. The problem is that he is using a completely wrong exegesis and application of the Scriptures.
Grace are truth are not in tension with each other at all. Jesus was 100% full of grace and truth!
The tension is not between grace and truth. Read More...

Perspective on the times we're living in

19/04/22 06:41

“Light shines in the darkness for the upright;”
“The righteous will be remembered forever. He will not fear bad news;”
— Psalm 112:4a, 7a

This world we live in has entered a time of upheaval and chaos that we, in the United States, have not seen since the Depression-World War II era, or maybe even the Civil War. It is very upsetting to all of us. Even further from the economic issues that are greatly impacting us, along with wars and the rumors of wars, is the complete and total moral collapse that the western world, and the United States, has been experiencing. Things can look bleak!
There are two Psalms that I’d like to contrast:
Psalm 109, The Taker Psalm
Psalm 112, The Giver Psalm
I encourage you to read these both and let the Holy Spirit speak to you.

The Superiority of the Son of God

18/08/21 12:14 Filed in: Jesus Christ Bible Son of God Angels

“God, having spoken long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, in these last days spoke to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds, who is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power; who, having accomplished cleansing for sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become so much better than the angels, as He has inherited a more excellent name than they.” (Hebrews 1:1–4 LSB) Read More...