Speaking of the Psalms, Luther’s A Mighty Fortress is Our God was inspired as he read Psalm 46.

One of the BIGGEST MISCONCEPTIONS of people of faith is that obedience contradicts God’s salvation by grace; this is a FALSE IDEA.

The Bible reveals to us the true story, the true history in which all of our little stories participate.

The book of Esther is a story of dramatic reversals. God (the “chess master”) orchestrated Esther’s promotion from pawn to queen by the Persian king.

I’ve learned to remind myself that, as 2 Corinthians 3:5-6 says, “My sufficiency as a minister for Christ doesn’t come from me; it comes from God.”

Christians are individually and collectively called to be God’s Holy Nation.

However, this article is not about those other translations or meanings of the word charis. Rather, as we read through the letters in the New Covenant Scriptures, we often run into this word, translated “grace,” where a special definition seems to be meant.

Prayer is where the action begins. 

I was looking over blog entries to “The Discipler,” a blog I sometimes wrote even before my years writing for the Herald.

I don’t think I ever submitted to the editor at the time, but the post still has some relevance.

So here it is.

Revival is for the Believer. You cannot REVIVE something you never had.