Springtime brings weeds and vines as much as it bring leaves and flowers. One look at the woods behind my house confirms that. The Creation around us is not only blossoming with growth but bursting forth with overgrowth. Lawns need mowing. Beds need weeding. Hedges need trimming. It can really feel like a jungle out there. Our own lives have similar seasons of growth and … [Read more...] about God’s Love Will Find You
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Jesus Alone Creates New People
In Christ Jesus, we are a new creation (2 Cor. 5:17), and that's all that really matters.Christianity is not primarily about being religious, that is, about attending church services, dressing a certain way, performing certain rituals, lighting candles, repeating certain phrases. It's about being a new creation. It's about finding your self remade by and in Christ. When the … [Read more...] about Jesus Alone Creates New People
Spiritual Springtime
Spring is a season of renewal. The old gives way to the new. The dried up husks of Winter become the soft shoots of Spring. And the abstinence of Lent becomes the abundance of Easter. This change of seasons fitly symbolizes the spiritual change of believers. For we too were once as dead as Winter, not physically but spiritually. We were dead in our sins, hopeless and … [Read more...] about Spiritual Springtime
A Brighter Day
God's creation displays profound beauty, but it also displays deep brokenness. All is not well. For every blossom bloomed, another withers away. The fields of soft Spring grass now also yield thorns and thistles (Genesis 3:18). The creation, while still speaking of God's glory, now also speaks of our great sin. For the original sin of mankind brought a curse on the earth … [Read more...] about A Brighter Day
Creation Bares His Name
The Spring season highlights creation. Everywhere flowers blossom in bright pastel colors of pink and white and yellow. Leaves return to barren trees, and the grass again softens to green. A certain, unmistakable glory comes with this annual renewal, a glory that seems to far exceed the mere growth of plants. The Apostle Paul clues us into the true source of the glory we … [Read more...] about Creation Bares His Name