
Thoughts on Scripture and life
for the glory of Jesus Christ
Ephesians 2:4 — The Love of God
We're not good. We're not cute. We're not lovable. Rather, God is good. God is glorious. And God is love. That is why He loves us.
Ephesians 2:4 — The God-Centered Gospel
God is unrelentingly God-centered. He does all things to the praise of His glory. All things — including the salvation of sinners. It is within this God-centeredness that we find assurance of the gospel of mercy and love.
An Active, Lively, Restless Faith
For Whom We Have Waited

The Center of a Productive Life: God

For the Sake of the Kingdom of Heaven
Do Not Linger
Competent to Counsel
Let Us Not Be Faithless, But Believing
Only One Life
Ephesians 2:3b The Wrath of God
There is hardly a more uncomfortable doctrine than this: the wrath of God. And yet, it must be taught — and heeded.
Ephesians 2:2b-3a — The Spirit of Disobedience
This time, we're going to learn a little bit more about Satan. There are five basic questions and five basic answers:
- What is the spirit? Satan, the enemy of God.
- What does God think of Satan? He will crush Him.
- How does Satan work? By inciting disobedience.
- What do the lusts of disobedience look like? Rebellion against God
- What does disobedience deserve? The wrath of God.
Ephesians 2:2a — Walking in the Ways of the Dead
Now, I want to remind you again, we learn about sin because if we fail to understand our guilt, grace means nothing to us. If we want to understand the love of God, we must understand just how much we don't deserve it. The glorious truths of grace are coming (verse 4!), but we must first see our plight.
Ephesians 2:1 — Dead in Our Sin
This blog series will be the fuller versions of the lessons I give there, yet I do want to maintain the simplicity of the lessons, so I won't endeavor to expand them too much. If you do happen to read, please pray for the students; high schoolers are in dire need of the gospel. This is the first full lesson of the year, in which I endeavor to explain a full understanding of hamartiology and total depravity (point one of five-point Calvinism) — in twenty minutes. Difficult? No. Impossible. But, the Lord is good, and by His grace, I think I helped more than I confused.

To the Golden Shore – Book Review
Ephesians 2:1-10 — An Introduction
We are comfortable with words like salvation, Savior, thanksgiving, good news, gospel. This is typical Christian-ese. But these words should cause us to ask questions, and seek their answers. We need to be saved, but saved from what? We need a Savior, but why? We are thankful, but for what? And thankful to whom? The good news is that Jesus Christ died, but how is a crucified Son of God good?

This Momentary Marriage - Book Review

Life Together - Book Review
We Must Know the Scriptures
It is in fact more important for us to know what God did to Israel, to His Son Jesus Christ, than to seek what God intends for us today. The fact that Jesus Christ died is more important than the fact that I shall die, and the fact that Jesus Christ rose from the dead is the sole ground of my hope that I, too, shall be raised on the Last Day.
