Posts with the category “the-grace-journal”

His greatest mercy is not simply that He changes our circumstances. His greatest mercy is that He changes what we treasure....  Read More

Driving with the window down (God allowed me to be allergy-free), I decided to pull over and enjoy the moment…in front of a cemetery....  Read More

Am I--are we--some minotaur-esque hybrid? Half saint, half sinner? Scripture says we're not. God's call to His elect is sure and secure--100% saints. But here's where we live...the war is won, the bat...  Read More

Biblical friendship is “an affectionate and eternal bond forged between two or more people as they journey through life together with openness and trust for the glory of God.”...  Read More

Why should the fact that Christ was with the Father be comforting to us? Because we too are in a state of existence where our salvation has been accomplished, and yet we still have not experienced the...  Read More

1 Peter 1:16 Recently, I was reflecting on our time of Communion that we observe on Sunday mornings. A few years ago, while having coffee with Cory Hughes and Carlton Weathers at a local coffee shop, ...  Read More

Genesis 27:34 We’ve all seen those heart‑melting videos of a military parent returning home to surprise their children, or the moment someone hears for the first time after a transplant. It’s nearly i...  Read More

How have you typically pictured Jesus in the dark hours of His betrayal? I think it’s been easy for me to imagine Him marked by a kind of tough, long-suffering resolve in the scenes of His arrest, tri...  Read More

We know God’s promises—forgiveness, provision, sanctification—and then we reach for our own goat skins and clever words to hurry them along. We manipulate relationships, shade the truth, or grasp for ...  Read More

Are you longing for this triumphant King to come again? Do you look for the day of His coming? This Holy Week should be a time for all of us to reflect on Christ’s first coming and look forward to His...  Read More