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The Christian Life Is Often Filled with Dirty Feet

August 5, 2021 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Christian Life, love, ordinary, service, small is beautiful

Let’s admit it—the Christian life and Christian service are not always thrilling. Both are often merely ordinary. And yet, faithfulness in ordinariness can please God. Think of Ruth. The Book of Ruth takes place during the period of the Judges when big, important events were happening in the life of Israel. And God has much

Love One Another as Jesus Loved (John 13:34-35; 15:12)

June 22, 2021 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Christian Life, church life, ecclesiology, one another commands, spirituality

Is it true that “All love is love”? No. Not everything that calls itself love is loving. And what’s more, not all loves are equal. Did you know that non-Christians can be examples of what it means to love others? As Jesus said, “But if you love those who love you, what credit is that

Three Words That Summarize the Christian Life: Believe, Abide, Love

May 12, 2021 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - abide, Believe, Christian Life, love

Most religions are extremely complicated because their works salvation systems depend on you following intricate laws, rituals, and to-do lists in the hopes of climbing the ladder to heaven. By contrast, Biblical Christianity (and, by implication, Free Grace Theology) is simple. How so? I think you can summarize the Christian’s “duty” with these three words—

Four Common-Sense Reasons Why Your Prayer Life is Weak

April 13, 2021 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Christian Life, James, Prayer, spirituality, wisdom

Being able to pray to the Living God is a fantastic privilege. But having a healthy prayer life can be hard to develop, maintain, and keep fresh over time. Prayer takes discipline. It also takes wisdom. And if you want wisdom for living the Christian life, read the Book of James. It is like the

The New Testament’s “One Another” Commands: An Introduction

February 12, 2021 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Christian Life, one another, one another commands

Becoming born again is an individual issue. In other words, you need to believe in Jesus for eternal life to have that life. Your mother can’t believe it for you. Neither can your father, or grandfather, or friend. You have to come to that point of faith for yourself. However, while you can only be

“My Way”—Frank Sinatra Spirituality

August 5, 2019 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - Christian Life, dependence, Major Thomas, spirituality

In “My Way,” Frank Sinatra famously sang, Regrets, I’ve had a few But then again, too few to mention. I did what I had to do and saw it through without exemption. I planned each charted course, each careful step along the byway, And more, much more than this, I did it my way. …

Christian Living and Works

November 14, 2016 by GES Webmaster in Blog - Christian Life, Justification, Works

by Zane Hodges, excerpted from Grace in Eclipse It is quite true that Paul taught justification apart from works. But he did not teach Christian living apart from works. Nor did he affirm that those works flowed inevitably from justifying faith. Instead, Paul instructed Titus: This is a faithful saying, and these things I want

Read your Bible

September 8, 2016 by GES Webmaster in Blog - Christian Life, theology

by Art Farstad, originally published in the January 1993 edition of Grace in F Many have heard the story of the man whose devotional reading consisted of cracking his Bible at random and reading the first verse his finger touched. One morning this was his verse for the day: “And Judas went out and hanged