Doctrinal Emotive Behavior Therapy in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

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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.  The kids had been fighting over toys recently, so we discussed the reason why. Why do they find it so hard to share their toys? Why do they get so upset when someone else is playing with
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Faith Is Futile If Jesus Did Not Rise from the Dead (1 Corinthians 15:17)

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“And if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins!”  Alternative history novels explore what life would be like today if a major event in human history turned out differently. For example, Harry Turtledove’s Southern Victory explores what the United States would have been like if the South had won the Civil
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Breakfast on the Beach (John 21:12)

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God’s grace shows up in little moments that are often practically unnoticeable. For example, read John 21.  Jesus had died, risen again, appeared to the disciples, and gave them a commission to be sent out into the world.  No wonder Peter promptly declared, “I am going fishing” (v 3)!  I would have done the same.That’s a lot to take in!  While Peter was fishing and thinking
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The Good and the Evil

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  Q. Doesn’t John 5:28-29 show that doing good works is a condition of salvation? How do you understand it? A. Good question. Taken on its own, that can be a puzzling passage. You would think “the good” refers to good deeds, and “the evil” refers to sins. But is that right? There’s a theme in
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