I have a devotional by Watchman Nee called The Lord Is My Portion. In the reading for January 22nd, Nee meditates on Matt 14:30, which reads: But when he saw […]
Are you an elder? Do you hope to become one? Are you trying to raise them up in your church? If so, Donald Norbie has some practical advice. In his […]
On Sunday morning, I had “house church” with the kids. They liked it. We gathered together, sang a Psalm; Daphne read the Scripture (Luke 12:32-34), and we started discussing it. […]
In an earlier post, I talked about what I call Doctrinal Emotive Behavior Therapy (DEBT). It is similar to Albert Ellis’s Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), but with a Biblical […]
I recently spent a whirlwind day driving to Siloam Springs, in Northwest Arkansas for our first “Free Grace Evening”—basically, a mini-regional. We do one national conference a year in Dallas […]
How do you live the Christian life? Or, to take a specific example, how does a married couple with young children live out grace in their new family? We all […]
I came across an interesting admission in a footnote in a book about Pentecostalism, missions, and speaking in tongues. The Topeka Outpouring of 1901, a book edited by Larry E. […]
By Shawn Lazar We believe in Free Grace Theology—which is distinct from Calvinism, Arminianism, Lutheranism, Thomism, and other -isms. But where did the term “free grace” come from? Historically, the […]
By Shawn Lazar What does a practical “Christian spirituality” look like? That’s what I’m trying to understand as I seek to follow the Lord more closely and to raise my […]
“Greet Priscilla and Aquila [and] the church that is in their house” (Rom 16: 3, 5). I’ve been a believer for fifty-four years. During that time, I’ve been...
Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Today, Bob Wilkin and David Renfro are talking about a controversial issue. Were the Old Testament characters of...
Recently, I did a blog titled “No True Scotsman.” It dealt with the logical fallacy of a person’s stating a position and holding on to it, even when confronted with irrefutable evidence...
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An Elder’s Library Starter Kit
In his booklet Shepherd the Flock, Donald Norbie summarizes the qualifications of an elder, one of which is being “able to teach” (1 Tim 3:2). The elder should be able to teach God’s Word, but to […]