by admin | Apr 22, 2016 | Blog, Friday Findings
When Her House Was Scheduled for Demolition This story of joy in the midst of difficulty is both convicting and encouraging. Isolation from the Church Is Dangerous “We must learn to see the church as a blessing from God rather than an inconvenience. We must never look...
by admin | Apr 21, 2016 | Blog, Yet Speaking
People who are too easily intimidated by the wickedness of any one generation and who panic over things which go wrong, are living so near their own day that they have lost the message of the ages which is full of such seeming disasters. It is they who run with their...
by admin | Apr 20, 2016 | Blog, Unjargoned
This quiz is based on the last few months of un•jar•gon•ed. If you get a question wrong, take the time to go back and read the article linked to each quiz question. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to drop me a line at info@bibledirectionforlife.com....
by admin | Apr 19, 2016 | Articles, Blog
Proverbs 26:4–5 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit. How ought those who seek to be wise respond to those who persist in foolishness? In these two verses we...
by admin | Apr 18, 2016 | And I Quote..., Blog
The kingdom of God turns the Darwinist narrative of the survival of the fittest upside down. When the church honors and cares for the vulnerable among us, we are not showing charity. We are simply recognizing the way the world really works, at least in the long run....
by admin | Apr 16, 2016 | Blog, Book of the Month
God’s Smuggler is certainly an exciting read—but sometimes the questions it raises of our own hearts are rather uncomfortable. Chapter Seven: Behind the Iron Curtain Our swiftly changing culture can often make the cause of the gospel seem hopeless, tempting us to fury...
by admin | Apr 15, 2016 | Blog, Friday Findings
I Wish I Was Rich “Generosity isn’t about how much you have, but what you do with the bit you do have.” Why Hospitality Beats Entertaining “[H]ere is my advice to myself: Forego the empty pleasure of entertaining. Serve instead the high-heaped feast...
by admin | Apr 14, 2016 | Blog, Yet Speaking
[I]f persons have the will of God concerning their actions, suggested to them by some text of Scripture suddenly brought to their minds—which text, as the words lay in the Bible before they came to their minds, related to the action and behaviour of some other...
by admin | Apr 13, 2016 | Blog, Unjargoned
In our journey through the “ologies,” we have covered quite a bit of ground. Theology Proper Trinity Christology Pneumatology Anthropology Hamartiology Soteriology Angelology Eschatology Bibliology Ecclesiology These are many more terms used in theology—but these are...
by admin | Apr 12, 2016 | Articles, Blog
This is a lightly edited version of a letter I recently wrote to an inmate struggling with drug addiction and its consequences. I have removed his name and any details that could identify him—but the story of the gospel that he needs to hear is not one that we can...
