http://faithforfaith.org Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:53:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In writing this, I find myself standing in the middle of a conflict that has been raging for decades that has found perhaps its most covered expression in recent history in Glenn Beck’s call to “revival” this past weekend in Washington. And from what I have gathered, those who have ... http://faithforfaith.org/2010/08/30/christians-and-political-unrest/ In my short life I have been a part of a few accountability groups and have witnessed a few in action, and I also have witnessed others confess things before the church seeking help with particular sins and weaknesses. And unfortunately, the way that confessed sin is oftentimes addressed is ... http://faithforfaith.org/2010/08/29/we-dont-need-group-therapy-we-need-conviction/ We hear it incessantly. “Truth is relative.” “There is no one way to God.” “All will be redeemed if their good deeds outweigh their evil ones.” On and on we receive commentary from mortal men that is based upon their humble estimations about who an immortal God is and how ... http://faithforfaith.org/2010/08/26/christianity-a-religion-set-apart/ It has now been a little over a year since we first thought of beginning our Journey to Unindebtedness, and I have to say that it has been the most challenging year of my life, and I’ve little doubt that my wife would not say the same. It has been ... http://faithforfaith.org/2010/08/20/a-journey-to-unindebtedness-one-year-later-trying-not-to-miss-the-forest-for-the-trees/ Being that in our course of questions we have to the question, “Why then the Law?” it is fitting that we remain with the one who drove us most quickly to the point—the apostle Paul. He answers this question, writing: Why then the law? It was ... http://faithforfaith.org/2010/08/16/on-christ-and-the-law-part-ii-why-then-the-law/ When we speak about the Law in Christianity, it is an extremely touchy subject. It is such because there are so many varying understandings and applications of it that one can scarcely make any comment on the subject whatsoever without offending someone. And because the responses to critiques are such, ... http://faithforfaith.org/2010/08/11/on-christ-and-the-law-part-i/ Fire is the most ravenous force in nature. Its very existence is contingent upon that which is feeds, and it feeds upon its prey until it is brought to nothing. And when its prey is exhausted, the fire, as powerful as it might have been at one point, is exhausted ... http://faithforfaith.org/2010/07/23/meditations-on-yahweh-fire/ From observation and experience, I believe it is safe to presume that ingrained in every human being is a desire to do something great with our lives--to make our short stint in this world count for something. Perhaps greater than the fear of death is this fear that we would ... http://faithforfaith.org/2010/07/09/honoring-god-when-life-is-mundane/ When the offices of the church are spoken of, there is hardly more debate surrounding their discussion than there is about the phrase of the apostle Paul in 1Timothy, namely, “He must be the husband of one wife” (cf. 1Tim. 3:2, 12). Many have interpreted the apostle’s meaning to be ... http://faithforfaith.org/2010/07/03/husband-of-one-wife/ It is difficult to pinpoint its source, but there is something about Sundays that causes to me to be discontent with the state of the church in our country. And its effects upon me are such that I have to almost force myself to go to the building that we ... http://faithforfaith.org/2010/06/24/wrestling-with-sunday-part-i-service-sabbath/