Toward a Practical Theology of Good Works: Communal Good Works and the Love of Christ
Our review of the practice and teaching of good works in the Old Testament demonstrated that communal good works are a rare event in Old Testament biblical history, and it has something to do with human nature We saw two distinct types of good works in the Old Testament: individual ...
Pornography: A Dangerous Land Mine for Men
Key Scripture Passage: Job 31:1 (New Living Translation) “I made a covenant with my eyes not to look with lust at a young woman.” Men’s ministries should become a safe place for men who are struggling with addiction to pornography. Pornography addiction should not be the only issue that a ...
Toward a Practical Theology of Good Works: The Practice and Teaching of Good Works in the Gospels
Let's review what we learned from the Old Testament about the difference between unique, or individual, good works and communal good works. We learned from our review of the Old Testament that God's good works fall into two basic categories: unique good works and communal good works. Unique good works ...
Walk Worthy of Your Calling
Screen time has replaced outdoor time for men Many men today only talk about the outdoors. They dream about going outside. Perhaps they even spent the better part of their youth in God’s creation. But today men often sit in a cubicle staring at a digital screen. Upon returning home ...
Toward a Practical Theology of Good Works: The Practice and Teaching of Good Works in Post Exilic Prophetic Books
A chastened remnant returns God, in his mercy, did not destroy Judah completely when he judged her. Seventy years after the final destruction of Jerusalem, he moved in the hearts of his exiled people through his prophets, and even in the hearts of secular kings, to rebuild the temple in ...
“Hear, my son”
Out of all the jobs I've had this one is the hardest. I've planted strawberries in the summer and Christmas trees in the fall, but this one takes more faith. I've delivered news over the radio to a nationwide audience, but that doesn't compare to the cool and calm needed ...
Toward a Practical Theology of Good Works: The Practice and Teaching of Good Works in Old Testament Pre-Exilic and Exilic Minor Prophets
"All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work." 2 Timothy 3:16-17 When Paul says "All Scripture ... is useful for teaching ... for every good work," he means All Scripture ...
Finishing Well
“In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war, David sent Joab out with the king’s men and the whole Israelite army. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained in Jerusalem.” 2 Samuel 11:1 Most of my life I’ve heard mature men stand and ...
Toward a Practical Theology of Good Works: The Practice and Teaching of Good Works in Old Testament Major Prophets
When God decided to burn it all down "It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God." Hebrews 10:31 Patience, the Bible tells us, is not a permanent attribute of God. His patience can, and does, run out. God is longsuffering, yes, but he is ...
A Tale of Two Valedictorians: The Shooter and the C.E.O.
"Be sure your sins will find you out." - Numbers 32:23 "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference." -- from the poem The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost I graduated so far back in my ...